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Q&A Present tense or Future tense (When writing articles or technical guides)

I usually use the present tense. Future tense works too in the way you've used it, but I would use it sparingly. This might be a "know your audience" answer, and I have more experience in technic...

posted 6y ago by ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T07:18:46Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere‭ · 2019-12-08T07:18:46Z (over 4 years ago)
I usually use the present tense. Future tense works too in the way you've used it, but I would use it sparingly.

This might be a "know your audience" answer, and I have more experience in technical guides than articles, but I also tend to avoid pronouns. I would say "Use a very clean font" and "it will help get more readers" but I understand that with some articles you might want the reader to feel you're talking specifically to them.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-11-08T17:26:02Z (over 6 years ago)
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