Use of Contractions & First & Second Persons in Formal Writing
- Describe your recent experiences in the BA in Organizational Leadership program using contractions and first and second persons in writing your academic papers.
- Did you consistently write your academic and research papers using what is considered “formal writing”? That is, writing completely in the third person and without contractions.
- Did every professor demand and expect your papers to be written using “formal writing”. Discuss the experience.
Submission Instructions:
- Your initial post should be about 150 words, formatted and cited in the current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources.
- Read
- Thompson, A., Peteraf, M., Gamble, J., & Strickland, A. (2022). Crafting & executing strategy: The quest for competitive advantage: Concepts and cases (23rd ed). McGraw-Hill Education.
- Chapters 1-4
- I always wrote formal writing.