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Teo  #202067  Wed, 01 Mar 06 07:56 AM

The article is published in the Fall 2005 issue of The Journal of Economic Perspectives. (United Daily News, Feb. 13, 2006)

Why use the present tense? Is it acceptable to use the past tense here?

  
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Waïti  #202096  Wed, 01 Mar 06 11:08 AM

What's the context and what are the tenses used for the surrounding sentences ?
Anyway, I would think the present tense is acceptable simply because a fall 2005 issue of this journal (if you were to get one from a library) would still have this article. In the above sentence, it sounds like 'published' is maybe meant as a synonym of 'available' ?
Not sure others would agree here...

  
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