Timeline for Indicating someone else made a guess about past events
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| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
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| Sep 24, 2022 at 9:54 | vote | accept | Eric | ||
| Sep 18, 2022 at 16:45 | history | edited | James K | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 18, 2022 at 16:38 | comment | added | James K | The historical present is highly "marked". In the context given (discussing a lecture with colleagues) the use of the historical present would seem very odd. However if it was part of a longer narrative it might be possible, I'll edit. | |
| Sep 18, 2022 at 15:06 | comment | added | Eric | Thank you for this explanation but when it comes to historical present (see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_present), does (C) become correct? That is, we can say (C) to show the vividness, can't we? | |
| Sep 16, 2022 at 19:01 | history | answered | James K | CC BY-SA 4.0 |