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Old 02-06-2004, 03:12 PM   #14 (permalink)
wilbjammin
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I would never using these following phrases in any paper ever, unless there is absolutely no way around it:

"I believe" "I think" "I feel like" etc... they are all apologetic. Write confidently. Think as you write "they people need to know what I know, which is that I belong in their school." I understand that we all put those in because it is typically a part of verbal communication. Written works have different standards, we can eliminate those phrases or change them so that they don't sound like excuses for giving opinions.

It isn't your opinion that you're a well-rounded person. You are a well-rounded person. Get it? Edit that kind of language out and you'll have more room for substance, and you'll sound much more like a real go-getter.
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