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Japanlluvr Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

present or past tense?

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When writing a report do you write in present or past tense? When you are reporting/investigating/analysing the differences between certin products?
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japanlluvr When writing a report do you write in present or past tense? When you are reporting/investigating/analysing the differences between certin products? You can do it either way, but I'll wager that you'll find that you need both verb forms (and perhaps others) when you talk about how you analyzed them and you talk about the qualities that the products have.

  • japanlluvr When writing a report do you write in present or past tense?
  • When you are reporting/investigating/analysing the differences between certin products?
  • You can do it either way, but I'll wager that you'll find that you need both verb forms (and perhaps others) when you talk about how you analyzed them and you talk about the qualities that the products have.
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japanlluvrWhen writing a report do you write in present or past tense? When you are reporting/investigating/analysing the differences between certin products?
You can do it either way, but I'll wager that you'll find that you need both verb forms (and perhaps others) when you talk about how you analyzed them and you talk about the qualities that the pro
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so when you are reflecting back on the products that you don't physically have here with you now, would you use past tense?
Whereas when you talk about different qualities/characteristics like in general would you use the present tense?
Am I understanding it correctly?
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japanlluvrso when you are reflecting back on the products that you don't physically have here with you now, would you use past tense?Whereas when you talk about different qualities/characteristics like in general would you use the present tense?Am I understanding it correctly?
That is a general observation, but you simply cannot be so absolute. It depends on
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Thank you Mister Micawber. I think i get it now!

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