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annoying third-person references

annoying third-person references

Posted Jun 22, 2006 5:23 UTC (Thu) by b7j0c (subscriber, #27559)
Parent article: The Grumpy Editor's guide to SSH servers

why does the author refer to himself as "your editor", just say "I".


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annoying third-person references

Posted Jun 22, 2006 5:43 UTC (Thu) by kmself (subscriber, #11565) [Link]

Your editor prefers "your editor". ;-)

annoying third-person references

Posted Jun 23, 2006 16:11 UTC (Fri) by alvherre (subscriber, #18730) [Link]

Style. Myself, I don't like it when authors of an article use the first person. It's a matter of taste, of course.

annoying third-person references

Posted Jun 23, 2006 17:11 UTC (Fri) by sbergman27 (guest, #10767) [Link]

Our editor's delightfully dry humor would not come off quite so well if said editor did not set such a formal tone in this site's journalistic offerings.

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