Timeline for Confusion about the use of the present simple in a story
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| Feb 12, 2017 at 12:33 | history | edited | ColleenV |
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| Jan 18, 2017 at 0:30 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglishLL/status/821515131628744705 | ||
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| Jan 17, 2017 at 18:54 | history | edited | Jasper | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 17, 2017 at 18:47 | history | edited | Jasper |
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| Jan 17, 2017 at 15:03 | answer | added | Lambie | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 17, 2017 at 14:49 | comment | added | StoneyB on hiatus | @lambie - It is; but that's a very misleading label, since it only occasionally arises in genres which can be described as 'historical'. A better term would be 'narrative present'. | |
| Jan 17, 2017 at 14:45 | comment | added | Lambie | No one seems to have put a coin in the machine: kindly see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_present This is called the historical present in English. [sign] | |
| Jan 17, 2017 at 13:34 | vote | accept | Ahmed99 | ||
| Jan 17, 2017 at 13:33 | comment | added | Ahmed99 | I googled "narrative tense in novels" and I quite understand the thing now. I read "In present tense, we are there with the narrator step by step as he changes, and hence the story’s climax can be both more immediate and intense." "The present tense can reflect not only a character’s nature but a work’s theme." Thanks for your explanations. | |
| Jan 17, 2017 at 13:20 | answer | added | Araucaria - Not here any more. | timeline score: 12 | |
| Jan 17, 2017 at 12:49 | answer | added | StoneyB on hiatus | timeline score: 9 | |
| Jan 17, 2017 at 12:20 | history | edited | TimR | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 17, 2017 at 12:19 | comment | added | TimR | You are reading a summary of the plot. It is conventional to use the present tense when reporting what happens in a work of fiction. | |
| Jan 17, 2017 at 11:55 | comment | added | Ahmed99 | @TeacherKSHuang Yup, it's not the original text. This is a simplified version published by Penguin Books 1999. The edition I'm reading published 2008. However, the story is a Level 5 story which is considered to be for Upper-intermediate readers (They are 6 levels from Beginner to Advanced). Also, could you provide some links where I can read about the argument you mentioned? | |
| Jan 17, 2017 at 11:40 | answer | added | Warren Ham | timeline score: 3 | |
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| Jan 17, 2017 at 10:53 | history | asked | Ahmed99 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |