In a message dated 01-08-02 10:33:19 EDT, Lara Taylor wrote:

<< Couple of random thoughts on this:  someone once suggested to me to never
 being [begin?] with the word "I" because it puts the focus on you, as
opposed to on
 what you can do for the company.  >>

It's probably good advice not to make "I" your very first word, although I'm
not sure how you avoid it entirely if you're trying to explain what you can
do for the company.  Perhaps a corollary would be: never begin a cover letter
on an application (or any other letter, for that matter) with, "My name
is..."  This may be good telephone etiquette, but it's redundant in a letter
that you're going to sign anyway.  Ordinarily such advice should be
superfluous, but I've noticed that many of our internship applicants (and
interns on the job who write letters on official letterhead) start their
letters this way, so there seems to be a trend...

David Haberstich

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