[PW] ? You in academic writing

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Here are a couple of possible sources:

Baldwin, Dean. "When Is the Second Person Appropriate in Writing?"
College Composition and Communication, Vol. 32, No. 2, Language
Studies and Composing (May, 1981), pp. 222-225

Hyland, K. "Bringing in the reader: Addressee features in academic
writing." Written Communication, 18(4), 549-574 (2005).

Susie



On 8/28/07, Winters, Murl <WintersM at evangel.edu> wrote:
> A patron working on her doctoral dissertation asked, "What is the
> rationale for not using "you" in academic writing?" She wants an
> authoritative source which tells its first use and information on how it
> came to be a rule - which is widely passed on to academic authors.