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Question

hey ok i have to write an esssay on the experimetn i conducted but now i'm confused beaucse the teacher told us we cant write in personal pronoun so i'm replacing all "I";s with the experimenter but i have to say like "i like to thanks my family" so should i say " the experimenter would like to thank her family" or should i say "the experimenter would like to thank thier family" ok a so which is the one i mean it's only 1 person write but can i still use the experimenter would like to thank THIER Family

and can i say like the experimenter (thats only one person ok just to let u know) was surpriesd beacuase they thought it was goign to rain

ok it's a experiment essay so i have to give thank people ok thats not the point

ok i kind of have to say the experimenter beaucse there are some parts where i have to say that so yea??????????????

ok please stop giving the advice just answer my questions ok thx alot

not trying to be mean just want to finish my essay ok thx

omg i said i have to than poeple it is required to have acknowledments ok thx for ur help anyway

Answer 1

I believe that the words "her," "she," and "their" are all personal pronouns. Thus, you will want to do what the above poster suggested. Simply state what happened. I cannot think of a way for you to thank your family without using a personal pronoun. Maybe say "thanks to the Johnson family," only substitute your own family name, of course. Heh.

Answer 2

Why do you have to thank your family in an academic essay?

Also, I don't think you don't really need to use "the experimentor" in your essay. Instead of saying "the experimentor performed a particular action", you could just state the action that was done.

I don't know what the experiment is, but it would be in a similar form as, "The two chemicals were mixed together." instead of "The experimentor mixed the two chemicals."

EDIT: For the example you gave you could say "The expected result was rainfall; however, this was not the case."

I still don't really understand why you need to thank anybody unless it is specifically one of the parameters of the assignment. In my experience I have never had to do that.