{"id":138,"date":"2016-08-08T20:47:54","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T20:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/styleguide\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=138"},"modified":"2023-07-25T17:27:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T17:27:37","slug":"verb-tense-consistency","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-geneseo-guidetowriting\/chapter\/verb-tense-consistency\/","title":{"raw":"Verb Tense Consistency","rendered":"Verb Tense Consistency"},"content":{"raw":"Another common feature when the content of college writing puts you out of your comfort zone is a lack of consistency in the tense of your verbs. Cognitively taxed writers (a state we all inhabit at some point) often start a sentence in one tense but ended up in another. Like in that sentence: the first verb\u00a0<em>start<\/em> is in the present tense, but\u00a0<em>ended<\/em> is in the past tense. The correct version of the sentence would be \"Cognitively taxed writers (a state we all inhabit at some point) often start a sentence in one tense but end up in another.\"\r\n\r\nThese glitches often occur when writers\u00a0change their\u00a0minds halfway through writing the sentence, or when they\u00a0come back and make changes but only end up changing\u00a0half the sentence. Maintaining a consistent tense is one of the conventions of standardized English, not just within a sentence but across paragraphs and pages.\u00a0Decide if\u00a0something happened, is happening, or will happen and then stick with that choice unless a specific sentence logically demands a change.\r\n\r\nRead through the following paragraphs to spot the errors in tense.\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2303\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/453\/2016\/08\/08175004\/hiker-at-the-mountain-top-e1466524403874-1024x740.jpg\" alt=\"A hiker at the top of a mountain. Other mountain peaks can be seen at lower elevations. The hiker is raising their hands in triumph.\" width=\"400\" height=\"289\" \/>If you want to\u00a0pick up a new outdoor activity, hiking is a great option to consider.\u00a0It's a sport that is\u00a0suited for a beginner or an expert\u2014it just\u00a0depended on the difficulty of the hikes you chose. However,\u00a0even the earliest beginners can complete\u00a0difficult hikes\u00a0if they pace themselves and were\u00a0physically fit.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Not only is hiking\u00a0an easy activity to\u00a0pick up, it also will have\u00a0some great payoffs. As you walked through canyons and climbed up mountains, you can\u00a0see things that you wouldn't otherwise. The views are breathtaking, and you will get a great opportunity to meditate on the world and your role\u00a0in it. The summit\u00a0of a mountain is unlike any other place in the world.<\/p>\r\nWhat inconsistencies did you spot?\u00a0Let's take another look at this passage. This time, the tense-shifted\u00a0verbs have been bolded, and\u00a0the phrases they belong to have been underlined:\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">If you want to\u00a0pick up a new outdoor activity, hiking is a great option to consider.\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">It's a sport that is\u00a0suited for a beginner or an expert\u2014it just\u00a0<strong>depended<\/strong> on the difficulty of the hikes you <strong>chose<\/strong>.<\/span> However,\u00a0even the earliest beginners can complete\u00a0difficult hikes\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">if they pace themselves and <strong>were<\/strong>\u00a0physically fit<\/span>.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Not only is hiking\u00a0an easy activity to\u00a0pick up, it also <strong>will have<\/strong>\u00a0some great payoffs<\/span>. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">As you <strong>walked<\/strong> through canyons and <strong>climbed<\/strong> up mountains<\/span>, you can\u00a0see things that you wouldn't otherwise. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The views are breathtaking, and you <strong>will get<\/strong> a great opportunity to meditate on the world and your role\u00a0in it<\/span>. The summit\u00a0of a mountain is unlike any other place in the world.<\/p>\r\nGenerally, your whole passage should be consistent in its tense. You may have noticed that the most of the verbs in this passage\u00a0are in present tense\u2014this is especially apparent if you ignore those verbs that have been bolded. In many academic disciplines, writing in the present tense is the convention. You may well be writing about something that happened in the past: Daniel Defoe wrote <em>Robinson Crusoe<\/em>\u00a0300 years ago; Emile Durkheim developed his concept of the division of labor in the late nineteenth century. You, however, are thinking about the significance of Defoe's novel or Durkheim's theory now, so the ideas, and the texts, and your brain are all operating in the present moment. That's why we write, \"Defoe elevates socially marginalized protagonists,\" not \"Defoe elevated.\" Or, \"Durkheim\u00a0focuses on the shift in societies from simple to complex,\" not \"Durkheim focused.\" But writing in the present tense is a convention, which means it can vary from one discipline to another, so check with your instructors.\r\n\r\nNow that we've established that the passage about hiking should be\u00a0in the present tense,\u00a0let's address each of the underlined\u00a0segments:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>It's a sport that is\u00a0suited for a beginner or an expert\u2014it just\u00a0<strong>depended<\/strong> on the difficulty of the hikes you choose.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><em>depended<\/em> should be the same tense as\u00a0<em>is<\/em>; it just <strong>depends<\/strong> on the difficulty<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>if they pace themselves and <strong>were<\/strong>\u00a0physically fit.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><em>were\u00a0<\/em>should be the same tense as\u00a0<em>pace<\/em>; if they pace themselves\u00a0and <strong>are<\/strong> physically fit.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Not only is hiking\u00a0an easy activity to\u00a0pick up, it also <strong>will have<\/strong>\u00a0some great payoffs.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><em>will have<\/em> should be the same tense as\u00a0<em>is<\/em>;\u00a0it also <strong>has<\/strong> some great pay offs<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>As you <strong>walked<\/strong> through canyons and <strong>climbed<\/strong> up mountains\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><em>walked<\/em> and\u00a0<em>climbed<\/em> are both past tense, but this doesn't match the tense of the passage as a whole. They should both be changed to present tense: As you\u00a0<strong>walk<\/strong> through canyons and\u00a0<strong>climb<\/strong> up mountains.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>\u00a0The views are breathtaking, and you <strong>will get<\/strong> a great opportunity to meditate on the world and your role\u00a0in it.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><em>will get<\/em> should be the same\u00a0tense as\u00a0<em>are<\/em>; you <strong>get<\/strong> a great opportunity<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nHere's the standardized passage as a whole; all edited verbs have been bolded:\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">If you want to pick up a new outdoor activity, hiking is a great option to consider.\u00a0It's a sport that can be suited for a beginner or an expert\u2014it just <strong>depends<\/strong> on the difficulty of the hikes you choose. However,\u00a0even the earliest beginners can complete\u00a0difficult hikes\u00a0if they pace themselves and <strong>are<\/strong> physically fit.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Not only is hiking\u00a0an easy activity to\u00a0pick up, it also\u00a0<strong>has<\/strong> some great payoffs. As you <strong>walk<\/strong> through canyons and <strong>climb<\/strong> up mountains, you can\u00a0see things that you wouldn't otherwise. The views are breathtaking, and you <strong>get<\/strong> a great opportunity to meditate on the world and your role\u00a0in it. The summit\u00a0of a mountain is unlike any other place in the world.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\r\n<h3>Practice<\/h3>\r\nRead the following sentences for verb tense. Type your responses in the text frame below:\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Whenever Maudeline studies for a Biology test, she\u00a0had made\u00a0a review list and stick to it.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>This experiment turned out to be much more complicated than Felipe thought it would be. It ended up being\u00a0a procedure that was seventeen steps long, instead of the original eight that he had planned.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>I applied to some of the most prestigious medical schools. I hope the essays I write get me in!<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n[practice-area rows=\"4\"][\/practice-area]\r\n[reveal-answer q=\"615298\"]Show Answer[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"615298\"]\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li><em>had made<\/em>\u00a0and <em>stick<\/em>\u00a0do not match the present tense that was set up by <em>studies<\/em>. The sentence should read, \"Whenever Maudeline studies for a Biology test, she\u00a0<strong>makes<\/strong> a review list and <strong>sticks<\/strong> to it.\"<\/li>\r\n \t<li>This sentence is standardized.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><em>applied<\/em> and\u00a0<em>write<\/em> do not match tense. If you've already applied, hopefully you've already written your essays as well! The\u00a0sentences should read, \"I applied to some of the most prestigious medical schools. I hope the essays I <strong>wrote<\/strong> get me in!\"<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n[\/hidden-answer]\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<p>Another common feature when the content of college writing puts you out of your comfort zone is a lack of consistency in the tense of your verbs. Cognitively taxed writers (a state we all inhabit at some point) often start a sentence in one tense but ended up in another. Like in that sentence: the first verb\u00a0<em>start<\/em> is in the present tense, but\u00a0<em>ended<\/em> is in the past tense. The correct version of the sentence would be &#8220;Cognitively taxed writers (a state we all inhabit at some point) often start a sentence in one tense but end up in another.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>These glitches often occur when writers\u00a0change their\u00a0minds halfway through writing the sentence, or when they\u00a0come back and make changes but only end up changing\u00a0half the sentence. Maintaining a consistent tense is one of the conventions of standardized English, not just within a sentence but across paragraphs and pages.\u00a0Decide if\u00a0something happened, is happening, or will happen and then stick with that choice unless a specific sentence logically demands a change.<\/p>\n<p>Read through the following paragraphs to spot the errors in tense.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2303\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/453\/2016\/08\/08175004\/hiker-at-the-mountain-top-e1466524403874-1024x740.jpg\" alt=\"A hiker at the top of a mountain. Other mountain peaks can be seen at lower elevations. The hiker is raising their hands in triumph.\" width=\"400\" height=\"289\" \/>If you want to\u00a0pick up a new outdoor activity, hiking is a great option to consider.\u00a0It&#8217;s a sport that is\u00a0suited for a beginner or an expert\u2014it just\u00a0depended on the difficulty of the hikes you chose. However,\u00a0even the earliest beginners can complete\u00a0difficult hikes\u00a0if they pace themselves and were\u00a0physically fit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Not only is hiking\u00a0an easy activity to\u00a0pick up, it also will have\u00a0some great payoffs. As you walked through canyons and climbed up mountains, you can\u00a0see things that you wouldn&#8217;t otherwise. The views are breathtaking, and you will get a great opportunity to meditate on the world and your role\u00a0in it. The summit\u00a0of a mountain is unlike any other place in the world.<\/p>\n<p>What inconsistencies did you spot?\u00a0Let&#8217;s take another look at this passage. This time, the tense-shifted\u00a0verbs have been bolded, and\u00a0the phrases they belong to have been underlined:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">If you want to\u00a0pick up a new outdoor activity, hiking is a great option to consider.\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">It&#8217;s a sport that is\u00a0suited for a beginner or an expert\u2014it just\u00a0<strong>depended<\/strong> on the difficulty of the hikes you <strong>chose<\/strong>.<\/span> However,\u00a0even the earliest beginners can complete\u00a0difficult hikes\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">if they pace themselves and <strong>were<\/strong>\u00a0physically fit<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Not only is hiking\u00a0an easy activity to\u00a0pick up, it also <strong>will have<\/strong>\u00a0some great payoffs<\/span>. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">As you <strong>walked<\/strong> through canyons and <strong>climbed<\/strong> up mountains<\/span>, you can\u00a0see things that you wouldn&#8217;t otherwise. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The views are breathtaking, and you <strong>will get<\/strong> a great opportunity to meditate on the world and your role\u00a0in it<\/span>. The summit\u00a0of a mountain is unlike any other place in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Generally, your whole passage should be consistent in its tense. You may have noticed that the most of the verbs in this passage\u00a0are in present tense\u2014this is especially apparent if you ignore those verbs that have been bolded. In many academic disciplines, writing in the present tense is the convention. You may well be writing about something that happened in the past: Daniel Defoe wrote <em>Robinson Crusoe<\/em>\u00a0300 years ago; Emile Durkheim developed his concept of the division of labor in the late nineteenth century. You, however, are thinking about the significance of Defoe&#8217;s novel or Durkheim&#8217;s theory now, so the ideas, and the texts, and your brain are all operating in the present moment. That&#8217;s why we write, &#8220;Defoe elevates socially marginalized protagonists,&#8221; not &#8220;Defoe elevated.&#8221; Or, &#8220;Durkheim\u00a0focuses on the shift in societies from simple to complex,&#8221; not &#8220;Durkheim focused.&#8221; But writing in the present tense is a convention, which means it can vary from one discipline to another, so check with your instructors.<\/p>\n<p>Now that we&#8217;ve established that the passage about hiking should be\u00a0in the present tense,\u00a0let&#8217;s address each of the underlined\u00a0segments:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It&#8217;s a sport that is\u00a0suited for a beginner or an expert\u2014it just\u00a0<strong>depended<\/strong> on the difficulty of the hikes you choose.\n<ul>\n<li><em>depended<\/em> should be the same tense as\u00a0<em>is<\/em>; it just <strong>depends<\/strong> on the difficulty<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>if they pace themselves and <strong>were<\/strong>\u00a0physically fit.\n<ul>\n<li><em>were\u00a0<\/em>should be the same tense as\u00a0<em>pace<\/em>; if they pace themselves\u00a0and <strong>are<\/strong> physically fit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Not only is hiking\u00a0an easy activity to\u00a0pick up, it also <strong>will have<\/strong>\u00a0some great payoffs.\n<ul>\n<li><em>will have<\/em> should be the same tense as\u00a0<em>is<\/em>;\u00a0it also <strong>has<\/strong> some great pay offs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>As you <strong>walked<\/strong> through canyons and <strong>climbed<\/strong> up mountains\n<ul>\n<li><em>walked<\/em> and\u00a0<em>climbed<\/em> are both past tense, but this doesn&#8217;t match the tense of the passage as a whole. They should both be changed to present tense: As you\u00a0<strong>walk<\/strong> through canyons and\u00a0<strong>climb<\/strong> up mountains.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0The views are breathtaking, and you <strong>will get<\/strong> a great opportunity to meditate on the world and your role\u00a0in it.\n<ul>\n<li><em>will get<\/em> should be the same\u00a0tense as\u00a0<em>are<\/em>; you <strong>get<\/strong> a great opportunity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the standardized passage as a whole; all edited verbs have been bolded:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">If you want to pick up a new outdoor activity, hiking is a great option to consider.\u00a0It&#8217;s a sport that can be suited for a beginner or an expert\u2014it just <strong>depends<\/strong> on the difficulty of the hikes you choose. However,\u00a0even the earliest beginners can complete\u00a0difficult hikes\u00a0if they pace themselves and <strong>are<\/strong> physically fit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Not only is hiking\u00a0an easy activity to\u00a0pick up, it also\u00a0<strong>has<\/strong> some great payoffs. As you <strong>walk<\/strong> through canyons and <strong>climb<\/strong> up mountains, you can\u00a0see things that you wouldn&#8217;t otherwise. The views are breathtaking, and you <strong>get<\/strong> a great opportunity to meditate on the world and your role\u00a0in it. The summit\u00a0of a mountain is unlike any other place in the world.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\n<h3>Practice<\/h3>\n<p>Read the following sentences for verb tense. Type your responses in the text frame below:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Whenever Maudeline studies for a Biology test, she\u00a0had made\u00a0a review list and stick to it.<\/li>\n<li>This experiment turned out to be much more complicated than Felipe thought it would be. It ended up being\u00a0a procedure that was seventeen steps long, instead of the original eight that he had planned.<\/li>\n<li>I applied to some of the most prestigious medical schools. I hope the essays I write get me in!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><textarea aria-label=\"Your Answer\" rows=\"4\"><\/textarea><\/p>\n<div class=\"qa-wrapper\" style=\"display: block\"><span class=\"show-answer collapsed\" style=\"cursor: pointer\" data-target=\"q615298\">Show Answer<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"q615298\" class=\"hidden-answer\" style=\"display: none\">\n<ol>\n<li><em>had made<\/em>\u00a0and <em>stick<\/em>\u00a0do not match the present tense that was set up by <em>studies<\/em>. The sentence should read, &#8220;Whenever Maudeline studies for a Biology test, she\u00a0<strong>makes<\/strong> a review list and <strong>sticks<\/strong> to it.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>This sentence is standardized.<\/li>\n<li><em>applied<\/em> and\u00a0<em>write<\/em> do not match tense. If you&#8217;ve already applied, hopefully you&#8217;ve already written your essays as well! The\u00a0sentences should read, &#8220;I applied to some of the most prestigious medical schools. I hope the essays I <strong>wrote<\/strong> get me in!&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-138\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Text: Verb Tense Consistency. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><li>Revision and Adaptation. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Gillian Paku. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: SUNY Geneseo. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">Public domain content<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Hiker At The Mountain Top. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Jean Beaufort. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Public Domain Pictures. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.publicdomainpictures.net\/view-image.php?image=171368&#038;picture=hiker-at-the-mountain-top\">http:\/\/www.publicdomainpictures.net\/view-image.php?image=171368&#038;picture=hiker-at-the-mountain-top<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/about\/pdm\">Public Domain: No Known Copyright<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":17,"menu_order":23,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Text: Verb Tense Consistency\",\"author\":\"\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"pd\",\"description\":\"Hiker At The Mountain Top\",\"author\":\"Jean Beaufort\",\"organization\":\"Public Domain Pictures\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.publicdomainpictures.net\/view-image.php?image=171368&picture=hiker-at-the-mountain-top\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"pd\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Revision and Adaptation\",\"author\":\"Gillian Paku\",\"organization\":\"SUNY Geneseo\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-138","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":3,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-geneseo-guidetowriting\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-geneseo-guidetowriting\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-geneseo-guidetowriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-geneseo-guidetowriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-geneseo-guidetowriting\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1832,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-geneseo-guidetowriting\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/138\/revisions\/1832"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-geneseo-guidetowriting\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-geneseo-guidetowriting\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/138\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-geneseo-guidetowriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-geneseo-guidetowriting\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=138"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-geneseo-guidetowriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=138"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-geneseo-guidetowriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}