First person plural or singular pronouns for thesis presentation I am going to do an oral presentation for my thesis.
Normally, when presenting a paper, as the paper is a collaboration work, I always use the pronoun &quot;we&quot;.
The thesis is written based on the papers. However, when presenting (for example, when talking about the contributions of the thesis), I feel using &quot;we&quot; a bit odd.
Should I use &quot;we&quot; or &quot;I&quot;?
Many thanks.
Use &quot;we&quot; when referring to something you did as a team, and use &quot;I&quot; when referring to something that you did by yourself. That is what these words are for.
Using &quot;we&quot; and &quot;I&quot; consistently in this way helps to make clear what your contributions were, and this is often exactly what the jury wants to find out during your presentation.  If you choose to not go with the above option you should make it clear in some other way what you did and what others did.
Of course, if there is a clear preference in the culture where you are presenting it is best to follow that preference, but you would probably not be asking the question if that were the case.