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I'm under the impression that references to data must be consistently made in the past tense (eg, In line 3 learner B showed her apprehension...) instead of in the present tense (eg, In line 3learner B shows her apprehension...).

Any thoughts on this?

PS I'm currently reading an article by Blin and Appel (2011) and they seem to combine both tenses for no obvious reason.

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past or present

so Carlos, what did you decide on? PR11 gone - we are nearly there!! big grin

 

best wishes,

 

Rachel

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No idea yet. But I'm going to have to make a decision about that this week, after meeting my supervisors and discussing this with them.

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