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From: "Teresa Ghee Elliott" <>
Subject: RE: [TMG] Wording
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 11:57:02 -0500
In-Reply-To: <4b.332d01a4.2c84d0f1@aol.com>


Isn't any event we are recording in the past? I could record where I
will be on the 2010 census, but that is very likely to change. But if I
am recording where I was on the 1990 census, that is not going to change
and it has already happened. It really wouldn't matter who my reader
is.

Teresa Ghee Elliott
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Subject: Re: [TMG] Wording



It is my belief that when we construct our sentences we need to do so
based
on our intended audience and their view of our reality. When an event
is past
tense to us, it is most definitely past tense to them too. On the other
hand,
when we write about events of today in the present tense, as that is
what
they are to us, future generations will see these events only in the
past tense.


So, who are we writing to, the present generation or future generations?
I
am writing my family history for the eyes of future generations. But, I
will
be happy if the present generation reads it.

This is sort of like touch up painting. When you first apply the paint,
it
doesn't really match. But, give it some time and it blends quite well.


Donald Schulteis


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