: Re: How can I stop overusing "I" in my writing? I won't edit this question, so you can see how much I use it. The current count is 3 times. I've been told that the solution is to revise, revise,

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Often, you can avoid or elide the subject by adjusting the phrasing. This is more passive, but easily understandable. To avoid too much passive voice, you can also make other items the subject.
The method we used was...
The method used was...
I found that the second device operated more efficiently...
The second device operated more efficiently...
After I modified the algorithm, the result were closer to the ideal case.
With a modified algorithm, the results were closer to the ideal case.
Using a modified algorithm produced results closer to the ideal case.
Technical writers have to do this all the time to avoid portraying computers and software as actors in sentences, and to avoid personifying concepts.

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