Future tense

Note the appropriate changes in verb tense. Before you do the work, you might use the present or future tense writing about somethingthat hasn t happened yet. During the lab, since you are supposed to write what you ve actually done just after the time you ve actually done it, a simple past tense is sufficient. 

Verb tense Verb tenses in conference abstracts are consistent with conventions described elsewhere in the textbook (e.g., see tables 4.1, 5.1, 6.5). For example, past tense is used to describe work done in the past (e.g., The rates were measured ), and present tense is used to make statements of fact or state information that is expected to be true over time (e.g., Furans are found in natural products ). Some authors use future tense (in active or passive voice) in conference abstracts to refer to the work that will be presented (e.g., We will present these Endings and The synthesis will be presented ). Others prefer to state such intentions in present tense—passive voice (e.g., The Endings are presented ). 

Lastly, we briefly consider verb tense and voice used in move 1. Goals and objectives are commonly stated in present and/or future tense. Both active and passive voice may be used. Common tense and voice combinations are summarized in table 12.3. Personal pronouns (e.g., we, my, our) should be avoided in the opening goal statement but may be used elsewhere in move 1 ... 

We close our discussion of move 3 by analyzing common verb tense and voice combinations used in this move (table 12.6). Gaps are often stated in present tense (in active and passive voice), sometimes in combination with a present perfect-passive statement fill-the-gap statements are usually in present or future tense and active voice. Personal pronouns (I or we) are common in fill-the-gap statements. 

We conclude this section by analyzing common verb tense-voice combinations in move 3. Because move 3 describes work that will be done in the future, future tense is most common. Future tense is used with both active and passive voice ... 

Consider the following sentences, adapted from CAREER proposals. Rewrite each sentence in future tense and active voice. 

We conclude our discussion of move 1 by considering verb tense and voice combinations. Present and future tenses, with either active or passive voice, are commonly used in narrative timelines (e.g., excerpt 14B and 14C), as summarized in table 14.2. The timeline itself is often a list of fragments that need not contain verbs, as illustrated in the following timeline adapted from Harpp (1998) ... 

We conclude our discussion of move 3 by considering verb tense and voice combinations commonly used in this move (summarized in table 14.5). Present tense, present perfect, and future tense are used to reiterate goals. Future tense is used most often to state broader impacts. Active voice is common throughout the move, and personal pronouns (e.g., we and our) may be used at the authors discretion. 

With respect to verb tense, most of the Project Summary is written in present and future tenses. Typical verb tense-voice combinations are listed in table 15.1. 

The future [tense] [functions] to give an ironic tone to the statement. 

Butthat s notthe religious I m talking about. Organic seems to fire up the apocalyptic in us—religion in the future tense. Americans love to see things in these terms. It s been a pretty common reaction ever since the Puritans first looked into the misty colonial woods of America s seventeenth century and saw flying devils. 

In the description of materials and test methods care has to be exercised when utilising the study plan as template for the report. Since the report has to describe the materials and methods which had actually been used in the study, there is at least a grammatical difference to be made between the two documents, in that the past tense should be used in the final report, instead of the future tense which in the study plan indicated the (future) intentions of the Study Director. 

The expected co-workers reactions to new employees scale has 4 items, and both versions are shown in Table 9.3. The items for the new employee version were adapted (by rewording into future tense) from scales developed by Burt and Stevenson s (2009) and Burt et al. s (2009). Burt et al. s (2012) reported an alpha value of 0.86 for flie new employee version, and 0.76 for the job incumbent version. 

The prospects of development of sodium ion batteries are very uncertain. The developers of such batteries remember the numerous efforts directed at the commercialization of batteries with a sodium negative electrode and ceramic electrolyte of P-alumina. Intensive development of batteries with the system of sodium-sulfur has been carried out since 1966 (for almost half a century ) and development of batteries with the system of sodium-nickel chloride (ZEBRA batteries) has been performed since 1978. It was assumed that these high-temperature batteries would form a basis for electric transport, but these systems are still referred to in the future tense. 

The grammar requirements of scientific language like the specific use of either the present or future tense of a verb to describe something. 

In law, the senate had auctoritas ( authority, influence see Text and Translation ) rather than real power its decisions were senatus consulta, opinions of the senate, rather than laws. C. s ideal laws give the senate more legal standing than in fact it had in Rome. 3 Compare the use of the future tense in Laelius description of natural law at On the Commonwealth 3.33. 

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