Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
present perfect in instructions
0 Hi, 02 br
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00 I seem to be seeing more present perfect uses in writing situations where 'how to do' instructions are given (where there is no relation to a person's present situation by context or otherwise). Are those uses correct? 02 br
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00 eg, 02 br
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00 1. Bake the cake in oven for thirty minutes. 02 br
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00 After it 01 u 00 has been cooked 02 u 00 , take it out and put it in a wrap to ... 02 br
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00 2. Getting our service is simple: 02 br
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00 Take the 'order' paper out the machine and put your initials on the back of the paper. 02 br
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00 After you h 01 u 00 ave done 02 u 00 that, wait for your number to be called, 02 br
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00 Once your number is called, ... 0-
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00 I seem to be seeing more present perfect uses in writing situations where 'how to do' instructions are given (where there is no relation to a person's present situation by context or otherwise). Are those uses correct? 02 br
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00 eg, 02 br
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00 1. Bake the cake in oven for thirty minutes. 02 br
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00 After it 01 u 00 has been cooked 02 u 00 , take it out and put it in a wrap to ... 02 br
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00 2. Getting our service is simple: 02 br
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00 Take the 'order' paper out the machine and put your initials on the back of the paper. 02 br
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00 After you h 01 u 00 ave done 02 u 00 that, wait for your number to be called, 02 br
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00 Once your number is called, ... 0-
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0 It's just not necessary. 02 br
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00 After baking, remove the cake and... 02 br
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00 or even... Remove the cake and ... 02 br
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00 Then, wait for your number... 02 br
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00 It's not wrong, but it's overly wordy, which is not generally a good technique for instructions. 0-
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00 After baking, remove the cake and... 02 br
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00 or even... Remove the cake and ... 02 br
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00 Then, wait for your number... 02 br
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00 It's not wrong, but it's overly wordy, which is not generally a good technique for instructions. 0-
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0 The present perfect is not used for giving instructions in the examples posted here. 02 br
00 The instructions are in the imperative mood ( 01 u 00 bake 02 u 00 the cake, 01 u 00 take 02 u 00 it out, 01 u 00 put 02 u 00 it in a wrap, etc.). The present perfect makes sense (even though the constructions are actually wordy) because it ind
00 The instructions are in the imperative mood ( 01 u 00 bake 02 u 00 the cake, 01 u 00 take 02 u 00 it out, 01 u 00 put 02 u 00 it in a wrap, etc.). The present perfect makes sense (even though the constructions are actually wordy) because it ind
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