Thompson arguesfor the discourse basis for the distinction between attributive and predicativeuses of adjectives.
这个句子的时态有问题吗？前面括号里的1988表示时间吧？为何还用一般目前时？
依据英语语法，在科技类或学术类文章中，当要引述别人的看法时，用目前时态和过去时态都可以，所以你的句子用一般过去时也可以的。即：
Whitley argues strongly for the persistence ofdistinctive company forms in many parts of the world.
Whitley argued strongly for the persistence ofdistinctive company forms in many parts of the world.
下面是从 Diana Lea 等人合编的 Oxford Learner’s Dictionary ofAcademic English 中搜索到的有关例句：
1. 用一般目前时的例句：
Ohmae argues further that information hasmade ns all global citizens.
Strobel argues that the media are more likelyto follow politics than lead it.
Good argues that people will not easilyabandon pleasurable behaviour which brings them income or power.
Williamson argues that some decision-makers tendto act in their own self-interest whenever this is profitable.
Ayler argues that the World TradeOrganization has been spectacularly successful in increasing the volume ofworld trade.
2. 用一般过去时的例句：
Morgan and Moss argued for an ecological approach thatfocused on the community concept.
Bums argued that high rates of detention ofblack patients in mental hospitals are not a result of racism.
Benjamin argued that theatre and film should bea forum for political enlightenment.
Gellner argued that industrialization was aprincipal reason for the emergence of national languages and cultures.
Harris argued that river restoration should bepart of the management strategy for common carp in Australia.
