Correct tense usage

時制について

◎ Tenses

While writing a paper, it is very important to use the correct tense to report your findings correctly.

Conclusion: The conclusion is usually a mixture of the past, present, and future tenses. The future tense is typically used in the conclusion only to talk about future work. For example, “Further research on this protein will determine its exact structure.”

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クリムゾン・インタラクティブ
-> 英文校正・校閲エナゴ
-> 英語テープ起こしボックスタブ
-> 翻訳ユレイタス

About the tense in the thesis-Part 2

In papers from the fields of biology and medicine, see below for the tenses usually used in the Results and Discussion and Conclusion sections.

- Results and Discussion: The results section is typically written in the past tense, while the discussion section, however, is usually written in the present tense.

- Conclusion: The conclusion is usually a mixture of the past, present, and future tenses. The future tense is typically used in the conclusion only to talk about future work and should be avoided otherwise.

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クリムゾン・インタラクティブ
-> 英文校正・校閲エナゴ
-> 英語テープ起こしボックスタブ
-> 翻訳ユレイタス

About the tense in the thesis-Part 1

In papers from the fields of biology and medicine, see below for the tenses usually used in the Introduction and Methods sections.

- Introduction: The introduction is usually written in present tense. Example: “We show that p73 plays an important role in tumorigenesis.”

- Methods: This section is mainly written in the past tense. Example: “PC3 and LNCaP cell lines were obtained from ATCC under standard conditions.”