Re: captions

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1 total messages Started by T. Rob Brown Fri, 07 May 1999 00:00

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Author: T. Rob Brown
Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 00:00

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But you're describing what the reader is looking at right then.

If you see a guy rowing a boat and say "he rowed a boat" it doesn't sound as
good as "he rows a boat" because the action is ongoing in the photo.

AP style is to write captions in present tense. But I have seen past tense
used in the second sentence to say what happened after or what the results
were from an event or something.

T. Rob Brown
photo editor
The Branson (Mo.) Tri-Lakes Daily News

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