RE: Writing a proposal: Proper tense for actions not yet finalized?

["Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com>]

I would use the present tense -- cut right to the chase -- in both referring
to the undecided elements and the standard itself.

The standard presents...
The standard describes...
Etc.


Bonnie Granat
http://www.GranatEdit.com
 


> From: Grant Robertson

<snip>When referring to these features of the standard that
> have been almost completely figured out but not set in stone, should I
> use the past or future tense? When referring to the standard itself,
> should I say, "it has been designed to ..." or should I say, "it will
> be designed to ..." accomplish a particular objective. I've been
> taught that a specification should be written as if the thing being
> specified already exists and actually does what the spec' specifies.
> However, I am not sure about how to handle this in a proposal.
>  
>


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