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We consider here how to solve the problem.

I am trying to rewrite the sentence above without the personal pronoun "we". My example is as follows:

It is considered here how to solve the problem.

Does the rewritten sentence make sense? I think "how to solve the problem is considered here" may be better but the subject is too longer.

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  • A / The solution to the problem is considered here. – Weather Vane Sep 16 '18 at 19:33
  • Is the expression "It is considered how to..." grammatically incorrect? – rama9 Sep 16 '18 at 19:43
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    No, but is almost a Yoda sentence. – Weather Vane Sep 16 '18 at 19:44
  • How about "a method is considered here how to"? – rama9 Sep 16 '18 at 19:50
  • A method ... how to ... is redundant. how means method or manner or "in what way". If I ask you how you solved the problem, I'm asking for the method you used. – TimR Sep 16 '18 at 20:40
  • Why do you want to write the sentence without the pronoun "we"? What is "wrong" with the original sentence? – James K Sep 16 '18 at 20:57
  • For some reasons, I prefer to avoid using personal pronouns as the subject. How about "a consideration will be made about how to..". – rama9 Sep 16 '18 at 21:42
  • After further search, I found that the following phrase is sometimes used: "It is discussed how to...". Is this grammatically correct? – rama9 Sep 16 '18 at 22:28
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    It is grammatically marginal, IMO. If you're going to include a how-clause, you can make that clause the subject. How to blah blah blah is discussed. No need to use an it-cleft. But if you prefer to write like a non-native speaker, "It is discussed, how to ..." is a perfect choice. – TimR Sep 16 '18 at 23:08
  • I don't like the passive voice of any construction such as "it is considered." There's nobody visibly doing the considering. What's wrong with "we consider?" Or even "I consider?" – puppetsock Sep 17 '18 at 03:23

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It sounds like you are inviting the reader to continue as you discuss solving a problem you have just posed.

To re-write it without using "we" you could say:

How to solve the problem will now be considered.

or

How to solve the problem will be considered next.

I'm not sure why you are trying to remove "we" so this next suggestion may not be suitable, but the above two suggestions are a little formal, so if you want to maintain a conversational manner but simply avoid "we" (for whatever reason), you could also say:

Let's now consider how to solve the problem.

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    "Let's" is "Let us" which is "we". – Weather Vane Sep 16 '18 at 19:46
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    @WeatherVane I agree its tantamount to the same, but the OP doesn't say why he is trying to avoid that word. Is it the meaning they are trying to avoid, or just the word? I've given two other good, but entirely impersonal, suggestions. And actually, "we" does not explicitly include the reader. "We" could just refer to multiple authors. "Let us" is more an invitation for the reader to consider the solution with the author. – Astralbee Sep 16 '18 at 19:47