Re: Re: 'We' for 'I' in writing

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

In a message dated 6/17/05 12:47:58 AM, laurence.horn at YALE.EDU writes:


> As we have seen in Chapter 2,...
> We can see from these examples that...
> We can distinguish the following cases:
>
> were systematically changed to
>
> As I have seen in Chapter 2,...
> I can see from these examples that...
> I can distinguish the following cases:
>
> Larry
>
Why not:

As I have shown in chapter 2. ...
As can be seen from these examples ...
I distinguish the following cases:

I find the "you/y'all-&-dear-reader(s)" WE a little patronizing, though I
know we don't all agree about this.