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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
was chosen vs. has been chosen vs. is chosen
I am writng a scientific article and at some point I have encountered a problem with the proper tense selection. Which of these should be used in the following context:
"The Matlab/Simulink environment was/has been/is chosen as the development platform for new algorithms design for SCADA packages."
"The Matlab/Simulink environment was/has been/is chosen as the development platform for new algorithms design for SCADA packages."
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" But you have supplied no context: we do not know when this choice occurs. Any of those verb forms could be appropriate.
- " But you have supplied no context: we do not know when this choice occurs.
- Any of those verb forms could be appropriate.
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AnonymousWhich of these should be used in the following context:"The Matlab/Simulink environment was/has been/is chosen as the development platform for new algorithms design for SCADA packages."But you have supplied no context: we do not know when this choice occurs. Any of those verb forms could be appropriate.
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