I just received feedback from a peer-reviewed article that is to be published pending revisions. The reviewer tells me to eliminate first person pronouns that I have used throughout to describe the research activities and discoveries made by me and my coauthor. According to Purdue OWL, (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/15/), "When writing in APA Style, you can use the first person point of view when discussing your research steps ("I studied ...") and when referring to yourself and your co-authors ("We examined the literature ..."). What is your understanding?

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I just received feedback from a peer-reviewed article that is to be published pending revisions.  The reviewer tells me to eliminate first person pronouns that I have used throughout to describe the research activities and discoveries made by me and my coauthor.  According to Purdue OWL, (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/15/), "When writing in APA Style, you can use the first person point of view when discussing your research steps ("I studied ...") and when referring to yourself and your co-authors ("We examined the literature ...").  What is your understanding?