The internal structure of 'Process' is commonly used in the Methods section, together with passive voice and past tense.
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- Passive voice is commonly used in the Methods section of a scientific manuscript to emphasize process, rather than agents.
- Future tense is the tense most commonly found in the Methods section, to indicate what you are planning to do
- Generally speaking, in an abstract, the opening and concluding statements are written in the present tense or the present perfect tense, while the methods and results are expressed in the past tense.
- The linguistic features of the research method section are one of the followings: A: use of past tense and passive voice B: use of subjunctive mood C: use of first person D: being subjective
- Actually, the passive voice is more commonly used in English than in Chinese, especially in the writing of science and technology.