Simple present
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Can you please explain why the bolded verbs are written as the simple present?
"We begin by examining the insertion sort algorithm to solve the sorting problem
introduced in Chapter 1. We define a “pseudocode” that should be familiar to you if
you have done computer programming, and we use it to show how we shall specify
our algorithms. Having specified the insertion sort algorithm, we then argue that it
correctly sorts, and we analyze its running time."
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The simple present is often used when demonstrating a procedure. Usually it's when you're standing next to someone and showing them how to do something: First you/we find a hammer. Then you/we find a nail.
- The simple present is often used when demonstrating a procedure.
- Usually it's when you're standing next to someone and showing them how to do something: First you/we find a hammer.
- Then you/we find a nail.
- And you perform the action at about the same time that you say it in words.
- This is the written form.
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The simple present is often used when demonstrating a procedure. Usually it's when you're standing next to someone and showing them how to do something: First you/we find a hammer. Then you/we find a nail. ... And you perform the action at about the same time that you say it in words.
This is the written form. It's supposed to make the reader feel that he or she is being guid
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