2012/07/05

Can You Use You In A Research Paper?


Can you use you in a research paper?” is a question that is commonly asked by students. The word you is the second person singular and it can be used in a research paper depending on the tense that is used in the topic. The topic of the research paper may require the writer to use the word you often. Therefore the appropriate answer to that question would be yes. 
A student can use the word ‘you’ in a research paper but only if the topic of the paper advocates for such use. Tenses are very important in a research paper and the correct use of pronouns is important as well. A research paper must be grammatically correct this would mean that the language used is acceptable and there are no spelling errors in it. That is why it is important that before the students sits down to write a research paper they must have composed their ideas and polished up their English. In English putting some words where they are not supposed to be can change the meaning of the sentence completely and the omission of a certain word can alter the sentence structure completely. That is why a student should have good command of the language to prevent them from making any grammatical errors and to make their work understandable and not mislead the reader due to a poor choice of words. 
A well-structured sentence will make the reader to understand exactly what it is that the writer wanted to talk about. If the grammar written in the essay is very poor then it will not be able to address the issues in the topic. Good command of the language is a key ingredient into written a good research paper.