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Have I missed a lot of news recently, or is this some strange usage of the present tense that I wasn't previously aware of?
by hanoz 7y ago
Have I missed a lot of news recently, or is this some strange usage of the present tense that I wasn't previously aware of?
- AlanSE 7y agoHaving come from nuclear engineering, I'd say it's pretty typical for people speaking of large conceptual engineering designs. Paper reactors, paper spaceships, etc. are often spoken of in present tense. The design exists now and it has a name - that's the way I interpret it.
- azernik 7y agoLots of space technology companies do this, and it's really annoying; e.g. Axiom Space [1] has a "services" page and Planetary Resources [2] has a "products" page, as if these are companies actually selling something. When they actually have, respectively, bupkis and two technology demonstrators in orbit. [1] https://axiomspace.com/ https://axiomspace.com/ [2] https://www.planetaryresources.com/ https://www.planetaryresources.com/