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Tony Roberts Favour the present tense
I recommend the rule “if in doubt use the present tense”. Higham (1998), [1], §4.29 The present tense works well for scientific writing. The eternal truths we present in an article should all be in the present tense: instead of “experiments have shown that”, prefer “experiments show that”. The present tense helps make more active writing. Write derivations in the present tense: not the past ten...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Semantics and Linguistic Theory
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2163-5951
DOI: 10.3765/salt.v24i0.2367