Past Tense: was approved, was supported, was, released, said, rejected, have been targeted, has been given, came, passed, promised, arrived, did veto, was unable, was not finished, continued, created, has, has been discussed, have merit, have proven, was harvested, seen, have taken, expanded
Present Tense: is, believes, argues, desire(s), running, stems, opening, supports, boosts, stays, promotes, creates, brings, are confirmed, revive, sites, want, feel, affects, discourages, costs, oppose, try, is made, portray, being destroyed, being erased, is guaranteed, cause damage, need, are
Future Tense: would be, could carry, would connect, would transport, would allow, would cause, could make, will be taken, would cut, could destroy, could be destroyed, could break, would add, will help, could poison, will be, will not leak
It appears that the most prevalent tense in my QRG is the present tense. The past tense has 25 words, the present tense has 31 words, and the future tense has 17 words.
The effect that the use of primarily present tense and past tense verbs has on the reader is that it shows the reader the timeline of events, certain things about the controversy are quotes or events from the past while most of the controversy is talked about in its present form. The future tense is mainly used to describe what would happen if the pipeline was built.
Most of the shifts in tense make sense as they interweave pieces of the controversy that previously occurred with parts of the controversy that are ongoing. They flow very well as many sections are entirely of one tense before going back to another, this means that entire events and ideas are given in their correct setting and the tense is not being confused. There are some tense transitions that may need to be changed.
The majority of my QRG is in present tense so the matter of needing to add present tense is not relevant to my QRG necessarily.
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| Robbiemuffin, "Grammatical Tense", via Wikipedia, Public Domain |
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