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Subject:RE: a question about verb tense/is or was? From:"Steve Hudson" <steve -at- wright -dot- com -dot- au> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 21 Mar 2001 10:59:59 +1100
I use future tense wherever possible. Present isnt appropriate as RIGHT NOW
the scorer AINT doing squat.
However, he WILL at some point.
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Elizabeth
Sent: Wednesday, 21 March 2001 03:05
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Subject: a question about verb tense/is or was?
Hi. I don't even know how to explain this scenario--which presents some
challenges in conducting a worthwhile search of the archives, of manuals of
style, and so forth.
Which of the following phrases is correct/better/the one to use--and why?
Nevermind the wordiness of these definitions; I'm well aware of it. I just
need input on whether to use present or past tense here, and in similar
scenarios (a rule of thumb is most welcome.). I think I should use the
present--because in the context of this situation, the submitted score will
never change--but "it sounds funny".
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number of times the scorer submitted a score for a response that *is* one
point lower than that which another scorer submitted.
OR
number of times the scorer submitted a score for a student response that
*was* one point lower than that which another scorer submitted.
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IPCC 01, the IEEE International Professional Communication Conference,
October 24-27, 2001 at historic La Fonda in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
CALL FOR PAPERS OPEN UNTIL MARCH 15. http://ieeepcs.org/2001/
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