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Hat gray 40 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Historical present

“If you're going to use the present to tell a past narrative:

  1. Don't use it in the same sentence as a past adverbial phrase
  2. Use it for single events, preferably not repeated events “

Found the above in a forum.


My question is


Why can we not use repeated events for historical present?

  

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hat gray 40 Why can we not use repeated events for historical present? The advice given did not say that you could not write about repeated events. Did that forum give you any examples?

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  • hat gray 40 Why can we not use repeated events for historical present?
  • The advice given did not say that you could not write about repeated events.
  • Did that forum give you any examples?
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hat gray 40Why can we not use repeated events for historical present?

The advice given did not say that you could not write about repeated events.

Did that forum give you any examples?

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