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Writing the introduction of a scientific paper, should I say "Below, I propose blablabla" or "Below, I am going to propose blablabla"?

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You'll have to provide more info about this. Is this a proposal asking for funds? Is it a description of how the paper is actually organized? If the former, it's proper & reasonable to use the future. If the latter, it's better to use the simple present, e.g., "Section 1 states the hypothesis; Section 2, the methods used to test the hypothesis; Section 3, the data from experiments; Section 4, the conclusions drawn from the data". Imitate the usages in good papers in your field. – Bill Franke Oct 10 '12 at 10:39
Thanks! I meant a description of how the paper is organised. I will therefore keep the simple present. – Marco Oct 10 '12 at 11:13
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writers.stackexchange.com might be a more suitable venue for this sort of questions. – He Shiming Oct 10 '12 at 13:50
@He Shiming: Sorry, I did not know... but feel free to move it. – Marco Oct 10 '12 at 14:56

closed as not constructive by MετάEd, Matt Эллен, Mitch, Andrew Leach, tchrist Oct 10 '12 at 23:28

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