Roberts, Tony (2006) The style files: favour the present tense. Gazette of the Australian Mathematical Society, 33 (5). pp. 313-314. ISSN 0311-0729
Metadata
| HTML Citation | EndNote | Dublin Core | Reference Manager |
Full text available as:
![[img]](/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png)
| PDF - Requires a PDF viewer such as GSview, Xpdf or Adobe Acrobat Reader 33Kb |
Official URL: http://www.austms.org.au/Publ/Gazette/2006/Nov06/stylefiles.pdf
Abstract
[Summary]: This quote say it all. Facts are true: use the present tense to denote unchanging truths. When telling what the authors or other researchers did, use the past tense. For what is being done in the paper, use the past tense for referring back (“in Section 5 it was shown that. . . ”). For referring ahead, use . . . the present tense if the writer is thinking of how the paper is set out (“in Section 7 it is shown that. . . ”).1 Garrett (2000) [4]
| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
|---|---|
| Additional Information: | Please refer to URL link for access to paper. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | authorship, technical writing, scientific writing, writing style, writing techniques, tenses, tense, present tense |
| Fields of Research (FOR2008): | 19 Studies in Creative Arts and Writing > 1903 Journalism and Professional Writing > 190303 Technical Writing 01 Mathematical Sciences > 0199 Other Mathematical Sciences > 019999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| Subjects: | 400000 Journalism, Librarianship and Curatorial Studies > 400100 Journalism, Communication and Media > 400102 Technical Writing 230000 Mathematical Sciences > 239900 Other Mathematical Sciences > 239999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| Socio-Economic Objective (SEO2008): | UNSPECIFIED |
| ID Code: | 1320 |
| Deposited By: | |
| Deposited On: | 11 Oct 2007 10:39 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Dec 2011 16:27 |
Archive Staff Only: edit this record