English for Research: Usage, Style, and Grammar



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A.Wallwork - English for Research Usage, Style, and Grammar - 2013
PRESENT PERFECT
OTHER TENSE
1 Web have developed
anew system for converting wind into energy. Our system works by harvesting wind from ... Web implemented
the system in a wind farm in ...
1 Dementia is an increasingly common problem in advanced societies and is known to cause ... We have
discovered a treatment for dementia. This treatment consists of ... It was tested on a sample of 543 patients aged over 80.
2 Web have added
anew figure. Table 3 has been deleted. The Conclusions have been completely rewritten. The figure was added because ... Table 3 was in fact unnecessary. Web decided
to rewrite the conclusions on the basis of Refs comments.
2
Ref s comment: I suggest the authors remove Table 2 and combine it with Table 1.
Authors reply Done . Web opted
to keep Table 3 because ...


51 3.
Present perfect for an action, event, or scenario that began in the past and is still current today. This construction is often used to state the background situation as a basis for current research.
4. If there is no past-present reference, then use the present simple to indicate a habitual situation (and the present continuous for actions taking place now or in the current period of time.
5.
Present perfect when once and as soon as mean after something has been done.
PRESENT PERFECT
OTHER TENSE
3,4 The sea level has changed throughout the Earth’s history and will continue to do so. The sea level changes every year.
3,4
Over the last 60 years English has
transformed itself from a predominantly writer-oriented language to a reader-oriented language. If language transforms our thinking, do specific languages transform it indifferent ways
3,4

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