Tham khảo tài liệu 'being structure sound 2', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE POINT OF VIEW Distance vs. Intimacy Whether writers intend it or not though they almost always do the third-person point of view establishes a certain distance between the writer and the reader. There s no direct person-to-person contact that way me to you . Rather with the third-person point of view someone or something else is speaking to the reader. The first-person point of view on the other hand establishes a certain intimacy between the writer and the reader. The writer uses I my mine we our or us as if expressing his or her own personal feelings and ideas directly to the reader. We congratulate you makes message B much more personal than message A where the company congratulates you. First-person point of view establishes intimacy. The writer wants to be close to the reader. Third-person point of view establishes distance. The writer wants to distance him- or herself from the reader. When Writers Use Third Person In a business environment it s not always practical to be personal. Though the first-person point of view may make the reader feel close to the writer the first-person point of view also implies a certain subjectivity. That is the writer is expressing a very personal view from a very personal perspective. Subjectivity vs. Objectivity There s nothing wrong with expressing personal views but in the business world writers may not always be at an advantage using the first-person point of view. They re more likely to be taken seriously when they re objective presenting things from an outsider s point of view than when they re subjective presenting things from their own possibly selfish or biased point of view. Subjective based on the thoughts feelings and experiences of the speaker or writer first-person point of view Objective unaffected by the thoughts feelings and experiences of the speaker or writer third-person point of view Thus if you wanted to complain about a new office policy which of the following points of view do you
