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* In historical articles to mean the modern world as a whole: {{xt|The text of ''De re publica'' has come down to us with substantial sections missing.}} | * In historical articles to mean the modern world as a whole: {{xt|The text of ''De re publica'' has come down to us with substantial sections missing.}} | ||
* The author's ''we'' found in scientific writing: {{xt|We are thus led also to a definition of "time" in physics}} (Albert Einstein); {{xt|Throughout the proof of this theorem we assume that the function ƒ is uniformly continuous}}. Often rephrasing using the [[English passive voice|passive voice]] is preferable: {{xt|Throughout the proof of this theorem it is assumed that the function ƒ is uniformly continuous.}} | * The author's ''we'' found in scientific writing: {{xt|We are thus led also to a definition of "time" in physics}} (Albert Einstein); {{xt|Throughout the proof of this theorem we assume that the function ƒ is uniformly continuous}}. Often rephrasing using the [[Wikipedia:English passive voice|passive voice]] is preferable: {{xt|Throughout the proof of this theorem it is assumed that the function ƒ is uniformly continuous.}} | ||
=== Second-person pronouns === | === Second-person pronouns === | ||