Q: I submitted my resume to a posted job.  I realized after I sent it that it had 2 typos on it.  Spell check didn’t work and find all the mistakes.  I am both embarrassed and annoyed.  I can’t repeat ...

Present Tense is Novel Most books and stories about the past will use past tense to make that time frame clear. But for that reason, the present tense can stand out.

Example 2 – present tense: “You seem rather . . . distracted lately,” said Mr Sopweed to fill the silence. ... Experiment with a paragraph in the present and past tense to see which feels best.

One’s tense will vary depending on what one is trying to convey within their paper or section of their paper. For example, the tense may change between the methods section and the discussion section.