The word 'tense' comes from 'tempus', the Latin word for time. Some languages like Mandarin Chinese don’t have verb tenses but express time in different ways. When writing, it’s important to ...

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.

Most novels are written in the past tense. Readers are more familiar with this tense because they are used to being told a story that has already taken place. For most verbs you add an ‘ed’ at ...