Local Revision: Tense Usage

Tense:	Present	Past	Future
Tally:	Are:7 Is: 23 Having:2 Have:2 Hide:1 Hiding:2 Be:3 Become:2 Being:2 Lead:1 Leading:3 Expose: 1 Finding:1 Find:2 Does:1 Doing:1 Resign:3 Resigning:1 Argues:2 Arguing:1 Showing:2 Shows:1 Tries:3 Losing:1 Stating:2 States:1 Mentions:1 Believes:3 Happening:2 Working:2 Firing:1 Fire:1 Facing:1 Faces:1 Admits:1 Admitting:1 Damaging:2 Purchasing:1 Purchase:1 Cover:3 Apologize:1 Apologizing:1 Serving:1 Goes:1 According:2 Take:1 Begin:1 Sells:1 Selling:1 Investigate:2 Tells:1 Continue:1 Continuing:1 Plays:2 Says:1 TOTAL=110	Was:28 Were:7 Has: 21 Had:13 Hidden:8 Became: 1 Been:2 Led:4 Exposed:6 Found:3 Done:4 Resigned:2 Caused:5 Started:5 Argued:1 Shown:1 Tried:1 Lost:3 Stated:1 Mentioned:3 Affected:4 Happened:1 Worked:1 Fired:1 Faced:1 Admitted:1 Damaged:1 Purchased:1 Made:3 Served:1 Seen:2 Impacted:2 Gone:1 Discovered:2 Took:1 Occurred:2 Began:1 Told:1 Involved:2 Said:1 TOTAL=149	Would:4 TOTAL=4

Similar to the previous blog posts, this task also took a while. As you can see I have listed the words in the above table. Below are my responses:

1. The most prevalent tense in my draft is the past tense. This makes sense as my quick reference guide discuss as controversy which happened five years ago.

2.The effect of the past tense on readers allows readers to know that this issue had occurred in before and has ended. The effect this tense in a way presents the audience an informative article teaching readers what happened during the events of the controversy by summarizing/recapping the major event.

3. Even though I have used other tenses during the essay, this has not affected the project negatively. Although the quick reference guide informs readers of a story which occurred in the past, there are parts where present tense is used to explain the outcomes and present conditions of stakeholders in the story. Additionally, towards my conclusion, I discuss about how the past controversy can impact the future. The shifts from the tenses flow nicely since I have effectively separated transitional parts in my writing to avoid any confusion for the reader.

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