Common Mistakes in Technical Writing by Students (2)

• Simple Present Tense

Bad:    We designed a system for traffic prediction and will describe it in detail.
Good:    This paper presents the design of a system for traffic prediction in Section 3.2.

• Active Voice

Outdated:    An algorithm for routing in mobile networks is presented in this paper.
Modern:    This paper presents an algorithm for routing in mobile networks.

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