: Re: Past or present tense when describing a well-known method in the description of an experiment? I am describing an experiment for a scientific paper. In this experiment, I use a very well-known

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Variant #1 does not make sense. Using the past tense implies a particular instance: Someone performed method B one specific time. The omission of a person's name or personal pronoun from the example sentence adds to the confusion and seems like a typo.

Use variant #2 . It makes more sense but still needs something. Method B doesn't do itself. Identify the person performing method B by their role. For example, "In method B, the tester takes the machine, turns it around three times, does some weird things with it, and then comes up with a performance number."

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