what is another way of saying "i agree..." since im not allowed to say i in my essay?

Answer 1

I concur

Answer 2

You could say........ "I concur....." or you could make the statement to which you agree and then state that you are of the same opinion. For example......... Mr. Smith believes that the weather is going to be sunny today and my opinion is that he is correct.

This is only if you are writing a persuasive paper, though. If you are writing an informative paper without your own opinions the best way is to simply state the facts. At this time, I am in a Police Communications Class and we are required to leave our personal opinions out, no matter what. The reason for this is because it can slant your report.

For example........Do not use conclusionary statements...."The man was drunk!" If you have not tested him you do not know he was drunk. You could say, "He was slurring his speech, etc." Do not make statements that can have more than one meaning, be exact. Remember the ABC's of report writing:
1. A: Accuracy
2. B: Brevity
3. C: Completeness

Answer 3

That depends.

If the teacher's intention is to have you avoid the phrase "I agree", then you have many alternatives at your disposal.

However, this restriction is generally imposed in a broader way, to prevent you from presenting your own opinions without facts to back them up.

For instance, you might say "I agree with so and so because such and such", but it's much more compelling and appropriate to say "according to so and so, such and such", then proceed to make your point without telling the reader that you agree with the fact you've just presented. The reader can determine whether or not you agree, based on how you follow it up.

Examples:

"According to the Better Business Bureau, 40% of new businesses in the United States since 1990 have received at least one formal complaint during their first year of operation."

If you follow it up with this...

"However, this number can be misleading, as their own statistics show that 30% of "new" businesses in the same period are actually existing businesses that changed their name."

...you have implied that you find their original statistic misleading, and have set yourself up to discuss the number of businesses that rename themselves to escape Better Business Bureau complaints (probably as part of an essay about why you consider the Better Business Bureau to be a failure.)

However, if you follow it up with this...

"When you follow those same businesses into their second and third year, however, the Better Business Bureau reports that 90% of those businesses have received no additional complaints."

...you're implying that the Better Business Bureau's data is fundamentally sound, and have set yourself up to discuss how the Better Business Bureau motivates businesses to improve their customer service (presumably as part of an essay about why you consider the Better Business Bureau to be a success.)

Quick note: yes, I made up those statistics. Moving on...

Generally speaking, saying "I agree" (or any variant thereof) is a waste of time and effort for the reader and the writer, and at best the struggle to avoid such writing will drive you to present facts balanced against facts, making for a better essay (and a better grade.)

Good luck.

Answer 4

My grandmother, who was born in 1900 and she could remember the "Irish need not apply". Don't know if the signs said anything about African Americans and other ethnic groups. All of my ancestors from Ireland was subjected to this when they came here. It continued for many decades in the 1800's, when many Irish fleeing the Potato Famine first came here. "Gangs of New York" tried to recreate New York in the 1800s, did a lousy job and has a lot of anti-Irish stereotypes.

Answer 5

In a formal essay, you aren't allowed to use "I" or "my" anywhere in your text. Instead, cut that sentence out because there is no way to put your personal input in there.

Answer 6

-Jasmine-xo is right. You won't be saying that you agree with anything. That's why you can't use the word "I."

If you are drawing conclusions based on facts, you could say something like, "it follows that"...

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Answer 7

WHen your teacher said you couldn't use "I" she meant that you do NOT put your opinion or thoughts into your essay at all.

Answer 8

The agreement ....
Some people agree...
It is agreed....
Can't really do much without knowing more.

Answer 9

maybe "yes mam" or "yes sir" or "I believe so" or "I concur" and there's some others. may be you can find something in a college dictionary, but that's an extra guess.

Answer 10

I will validate. I understand. I concur.