Scientific Writing (I): Tenses

Scientific Writing (I): Tenses

1) Your new results should be described in your paper in the past tense (although you have done the experiments, but the results are not yet accepted as “facts”).

2) The results from previously published papers should be described in the present tense (assuming that published results are “facts”).

3) Only experiments that you plan to do should be described in the future tense.

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• 謝美壇奇葩撰寫的實用的科技寫作係列，我一定認真學習。 -紓珈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/04/2010 postreply 12:29:53

• Thanks for your feedback. -美壇奇葩- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/04/2010 postreply 12:44:39

• "assuming that published results are “facts”." -廢話多多- ♀ (52 bytes) () 10/04/2010 postreply 13:34:25

• I know what you mean. -美壇奇葩- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/04/2010 postreply 15:01:39

• It's very helpful. -往事難回味- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/05/2010 postreply 08:05:56

• Thanks! -美壇奇葩- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/05/2010 postreply 09:28:03

• Typo: Delete "but" in 1). -美壇奇葩- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/05/2010 postreply 10:35:16