tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545355.post2389822023332638015..comments2023-09-03T00:00:20.503+01:00Comments on Clever Title Here: youTerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10838436991138846332noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545355.post-76282701697977482782010-11-19T00:53:21.413+00:002010-11-19T00:53:21.413+00:00I'm reading and I have all of the same issues....I'm reading and I have all of the same issues...I mean feelings...about the use of the second person in writing, too!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04107175348265816279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545355.post-71903958333723349972010-11-18T19:31:58.024+00:002010-11-18T19:31:58.024+00:00Still reading here too :)
So, its funny... maybe ...Still reading here too :)<br /><br />So, its funny... maybe its because I also don't like "yous" much in sermons, but I also get edgy when people are talking about their own experience in the 2nd person, and generalizing it that way. I never connected that before!Susie/Nuevacantoranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545355.post-47580829934645100222010-11-18T17:59:53.394+00:002010-11-18T17:59:53.394+00:00I'm reading.
And, as a composition instructor...I'm reading.<br /><br />And, as a composition instructor, I loathe the second person. The only place it belongs in writing is in a letter. Really.<br /><br />I hadn't thought about in terms of a sermon, but I think I would be really bothered by such a style. It would, indeed, come off as "condescending, patronizing, or accusatory."Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399916226004495031noreply@blogger.com