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It doesn't look like this phrase is very popular! The search could not find any examples on the internet.	May 9, 2011 ... I was taught then that, at least in review articles and introductions to papers, currently accepted findings should be in present tense but what�... Ratneer 23:31, December 25, 2009 (UTC). No, articles should be written in the past tense�... I thought if they didnt die, then it should be in present tense. It describes what the commit itself "does" do. So it should be in present tense. Imagine looking at a diff in isolation and trying to decide whether you will apply it. All three verbs should be in present tense or all three should be in past tense. Here are the corrected versions of the sentence: Larry begs Ella to marry him,�...

should be prepared in present tense

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should be in present tense

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It doesn't look like this phrase is very popular! The search could not find any examples on the internet.

May 9, 2011 ... I was taught then that, at least in review articles and introductions to papers, currently accepted findings should be in present tense but what�...
Ratneer 23:31, December 25, 2009 (UTC). No, articles should be written in the past tense�...
I thought if they didnt die, then it should be in present tense.
It describes what the commit itself "does" do. So it should be in present tense. Imagine looking at a diff in isolation and trying to decide whether you will apply it.
All three verbs should be in present tense or all three should be in past tense. Here are the corrected versions of the sentence: Larry begs Ella to marry him,�...