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MyShirley Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

which tense should be used

Can I use the present tense when doing the minutes?

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I guess it depends on the context. But as far as I remember minutes in English I've come across at work hitherto, such expressions as "Mr. " are acceptable.

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I guess it depends on the context.

But as far as I remember minutes in English I've come across at work hitherto, such expressions as "Mr. X claims that..." and "SCAC confirms that..." are acceptable. (For justice's sake, I should mention that all of them were written by Frenchmen.)
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Hi,

Very generally speaking, minutes are intended to record what happened at the meeting, so past tense is the most obvious choice.

Best wishes, Clive
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CliveHi,

Very generally speaking, minutes are intended to record what happened at the meeting, so past tense is the most obvious choice.

Best wishes, Clive

During the meeting, we discussed some future plans and allocation of duties for next week. Which tense should be used? Past tense or future tense?

Thanks
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Formal minutes have a slightly stilted approach.

Even if you are mentioning what will happen in the future, it is still reported in the past because it was said in the past.

Mr Robinson said that the Invention Division will be working on a new version of V3005.
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