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Kaos Posted 18 years ago
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Techical Report Writing
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00 Awhile ago, I asked whether one should use simple past for describing observation of an experiment that has already been carried out. Many adviced using simple past. I recently read an article and I found the author (she is an American) mixed both. Here is an excerpt from her article: 01 blockquote
00 Awhile ago, I asked whether one should use simple past for describing observation of an experiment that has already been carried out. Many adviced using simple past. I recently read an article and I found the author (she is an American) mixed both. Here is an excerpt from her article: 01 blockquote
01 cite 10 Article 12 cite 11 i 10 The first Fast Retransmit in Figure 4 results from three 12 br1-
10 dup acks for packet 25. The second Fast Retransmit results 12 br
10 from three dup acks for packet 42, the last packet transmitted 12 br
10 before the first Fast Retransmit was initiated. 12 i 12 br
11 i 10 Because the x-axis shows the time that packets appeared 12 br
10 on a link within the network, the sequence of events at the 12 br
10 sender has to be inferred from the graph. After the first Fast 12 br
10 Retransmit, when the sender's congestion control window 12 br
10 reaches four, the sender transmits packets 29-32. The sender 12 br
10 receives an ACK for packet 29, and transmits packets 33 and 12 br
10 34. Next the sender receives an ACK for packet 30, and 12 br
10 retransmits packets 35 and 36. Finally, the sender receives 12 br
10 two dup acks for packets 42 (as responses to packets 31 and 12 br
10 32). At this point the congestion window is 6, and the sender 12 br
10 transmits packets 43-48. 12 i 12 br
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10 She was discussing about an observation which was plotted on a graph (not shown). At first, she used simple past (in the first paragraph), and then in the second paragraph, she started to elaborate in simple present. Is this correct and why? I am confused now. 12 br
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01 font 00 At first, she used simple past . . . 02 font 02 br
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00 I see almost all 'present' here, including the start of the first paragraph. 02 br
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01 font 00 At first, she used simple past . . . 02 font 02 br
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00 I see almost all 'present' here, including the start of the first paragraph. 02 br
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01 cite 10 Article 12 cite 11 i 10 The first Fast Retransmit in Figure 4 results from three 12 br
10 dup acks for packet 25. The second Fast Retransmit results 12 br
10 from three dup acks for packet 42, the last packet transmitted 12 br
10 before the first Fast Retransmit 11 b 10 was 12 b 10
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01 font 00 So it is simple present okay for report writing? 02 font 02 br
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00 No. Very generally speaking, a report should normally use past tense, because it is reporting past events. 02 br
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01 i 00 eg Heat was applied to the chemical. At 40 degrees, it ignited. 02 i 02 br
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01 font 00 So it is simple present okay for report writing? 02 font 02 br
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00 No. Very generally speaking, a report should normally use past tense, because it is reporting past events. 02 br
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01 i 00 eg Heat was applied to the chemical. At 40 degrees, it ignited. 02 i 02 br
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00 This is the first in a planned series of notes on English composition. These notes are intended as a reference for the writing of academic works to be used by ``non-native" physicists and mathematicians. They are specifically designed to help Jap
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00 written by Glenn Paquette 02 br00 This is the first in a planned series of notes on English composition. These notes are intended as a reference for the writing of academic works to be used by ``non-native" physicists and mathematicians. They are specifically designed to help Jap
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0 Because this is a description of a "process" it might fall under "report" or "story telling" style of writing. 02 br
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00 The wedding has been cancelled. Mary buy a dress and he sees it and goes ballistic about it. "It's too low cut" he yells. She tells him he's a prude and throws his ring at him. The caterer was cancelled and everyon
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00 Example: 02 br
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00 The wedding has been cancelled. Mary buy a dress and he sees it and goes ballistic about it. "It's too low cut" he yells. She tells him he's a prude and throws his ring at him. The caterer was cancelled and everyon
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