RE: future tense vs. present tense

Subject: RE: future tense vs. present tense
From: "Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riveraintech -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:48:38 -0500

Neither: "Press ENTER to save your changes."

There is no "after" -- it's instantaneous.


-----Original Message-----
From: Harvey, Jon
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 11:41 AM
To: tech2wr-l (techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com)
Subject: future tense vs. present tense


I had an interesting conversation with one of my colleagues. The topic
was when to use future tense in instructions versus present tense. Such
as:

"After you press ENTER, your changes will be saved." versus "After you
press ENTER, your changes are saved."

I have my own opinion but I thought I'd ask other people what they
think.




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