[Corpora-List] The verb tenses used in the literature review of a paper or thesis

[Su-hsun Tsai]

Dear All,


My apology if the question below repeats.



My mind is not clear enough in using the verb tenses in the literature
review section/chapter of a paper/thesis, for example:



Brown (1997) says that …

Smith (2000) concluded that …

Wang (2003) has argued that …

Someone said that when I FIRST talk about a study done in the past, it is
fine to use PAST tense.  However, if I continue my discussion on the same
study for some MORE sentences, I should use PRESENT tense verbs starting
from the second or third sentence.  Is this true?



Can anyone give me a lead?



Happy New Year!



Su-hsun

Su-hsun Tsai

Department of English Instruction

Taipei Municipal University of Education
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