Writers of common ground essays try to use descriptive but unbiased language when they introduce quotations. For example, Jeremy Bernard uses verbs like concludes, argues, cites, expresses, and assumes. Melissa Mae, whose essay appears later in this chapter, uses writes, thinks, asserts, argues, and labels. With these descriptive verbs, Bernard and Mae do not reveal their attitude toward the authors or what they wrote. They express no judgments but act as impartial reporters.