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Subject:RE: a question about verb tense/is or was? From:"Hager, Harry (US - East Brunswick)" <hhager -at- dc -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 21 Mar 2001 06:50:33 -0800
Steve,
Are you saying that you normally use the future tense when you write
procedures for user manuals and other such tech writing?
Please take a look at the following be examples:
- When you click the ABC button, the ABC window will open.
- When you click the XYZ button, the program will start the XYZ procedure.
- You will select the XXX command in the ABC window when you want to perform
the XXX procedure.
Are these fair, although perhaps simplistic, representations of what you
mean when you say you use the future tense whenever possible?
H. Jim Hager
hhager -at- dc -dot- com
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Subject: RE: a question about verb tense/is or was?
From: "Steve Hudson" <steve -at- wright -dot- com -dot- au>
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 10:59:59 +1100
X-Message-Number: 33
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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