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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Historic Present
Come Back Gizmo by Paul Jenings is written in the historic present.
Eg. "I close my eyes and pretend that I'm kissing her lovely lips. They are soft. She would never give me a kiss. I know that. Arf Arf Arf. My day dream is destroyed. Buscuit is barking. He is over the fence jumping up at Samantha.
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With the historic present, how should we refer to events before these events?
Question:
What tenses would we use in the following and why? (It's still historic present).
His tail is wagging like mad. I have/had never known him to be like this. He is sniffing everything as if he has/had never seen it before.
Thanks
Eg. "I close my eyes and pretend that I'm kissing her lovely lips. They are soft. She would never give me a kiss. I know that. Arf Arf Arf. My day dream is destroyed. Buscuit is barking. He is over the fence jumping up at Samantha.
Question:
With the historic present, how should we refer to events before these events?
Question:
What tenses would we use in the following and why? (It's still historic present).
His tail is wagging like mad. I have/had never known him to be like this. He is sniffing everything as if he has/had never seen it before.
Thanks
Top answer
Hi, Come Back Gizmo by Paul Jenings is written in the historic present. Eg. "I close my eyes and pretend that I'm kissing her lovely lips.
- Hi, Come Back Gizmo by Paul Jenings is written in the historic present.
- Eg.
- "I close my eyes and pretend that I'm kissing her lovely lips.
- They are soft.
- She would never give me a kiss.
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Hi,
Come Back Gizmo by Paul Jenings is written in the historic present.
Eg. "I close my eyes and pretend that I'm kissing her lovely lips. They are soft. She would never give me a kiss. I know that. Arf Arf Arf. My day dream is destroyed. Buscuit is barking. He is over the fence jumping up at Samantha.
Question:
With the historic present,
Come Back Gizmo by Paul Jenings is written in the historic present.
Eg. "I close my eyes and pretend that I'm kissing her lovely lips. They are soft. She would never give me a kiss. I know that. Arf Arf Arf. My day dream is destroyed. Buscuit is barking. He is over the fence jumping up at Samantha.
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With the historic present,
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Hi, Clive,
thanks for your reply.
Um, I suppose the example sentence you've already discussed will suffice. I just thought there may have been a general rule, which you could then apply to the sentence.
thanks for your reply.
CliveWould you like to suggest one?
Um, I suppose the example sentence you've already discussed will suffice. I just thought there may have been a general rule, which you could then apply to the sentence.
CliveI'd use the Present Perfect, to encompass the past up until the 'present that I a
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