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JesterLegacy Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Which tense should I use?

I need to write a comment after reading an article. Problem is, which tense should I use while writing it?

"The article discusses about pluralism", or "The article discussed about pluralism".

Should I use Present or Past Tense?
  

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) It is really your personal stylistic choice. The article discusses about pluralism.

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  • ) It is really your personal stylistic choice.
  • The article discusses about pluralism.
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You can use either present (the current state of the article), or past (what you have read.) It is really your personal stylistic choice.

The article discusses about pluralism.
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The usual convention in such cases is to use the present tense.

However, you cannot discuss "about" something. You must say "discusses pluralism".
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AlpheccaStarsYou can use either present (the current state of the article), or past (what you have read.) It is really your personal stylistic choice. The article discusses about pluralism.
So, that means, this sentence is acceptable?
However, the titles that are mostly discussed are the ones that were mentioned in the passage, which are as follows :
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JesterLegacySo, that means, this sentence is acceptable?However, the titles that are mostly discussed are the ones that were mentioned in the passage, which are as follows :
What does "the passage" refer to? A passage in the article? A passage of some other text that the article refers to?

"the ones mentioned in the passage" may be preferable anyway.
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GPY JesterLegacySo, that means, this sentence is acceptable?However, the titles that are mostly discussed are the ones that were mentioned in the passage, which are as follows :What does "the passage" refer to? A passage in the article? A passage of some other text that the article refers to?"the ones mentioned in the passage" may be preferable anyway.
A passa
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JesterLegacyA passage in the article. Is it still usable and grammatically correct then?
Does "mostly discussed" refer to something discussed later in the same article? In other words, does the article mention some titles in a particular passage, and then go on to discuss them? Or is the discussion somewhere else?
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GPY JesterLegacyA passage in the article. Is it still usable and grammatically correct then?Does "mostly discussed" refer to something discussed later in the same article? In other words, does the article mention some titles in a particular passage, and then go on to discuss them? Or is the discussion somewhere else?
A particular title in the article, but it c
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JesterLegacyA particular title in the article, but it contains the main point of the discussion (and the longest) compared with the other sections/titles within the article.
Sorry, I cannot visualise what you are describing. Can someone else please help with this thread?
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JesterLegacySo, that means, this sentence is acceptable?However, the titles that are mostly discussed are the ones that were mentioned in the passage, which are as follows
No. The sentence is so confused with vague references to "ones", "titles" and "passage" that it is hard to understand. Do you mean something like this?

The article references other
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AlpheccaStars JesterLegacySo, that means, this sentence is acceptable?However, the titles that are mostly discussed are the ones that were mentioned in the passage, which are as followsNo. The sentence is so confused with vague references to "ones", "titles" and "passage" that it is hard to understand. Do you mean something like this?The article references other writings
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