“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.
