Present vs past tense
Hi!
I often found many sentences in the articles or news written with the combination use of these two tenses 'present & past' as they describing things which I didn't get. Why's that? Could you give me some ideas?
>> Police say they came under attack as they tried to stop a rave attended by about 100 people<<
Times, SundayTimes (2013)
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excellentlearner Police say they came under attack as they tried to stop a rave attended by about 100 people . This is typical in journalism as a way of revealing the source of the information contained in the rest of the sentence. Police say / The mayor says / Authorities say / The Defense Department says CJ
- excellentlearner Police say they came under attack as they tried to stop a rave attended by about 100 people .
- This is typical in journalism as a way of revealing the source of the information contained in the rest of the sentence.
- Police say / The mayor says / Authorities say / The Defense Department says CJ
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excellentlearnerPolice say they came under attack as they tried to stop a rave attended by about 100 people.
This is typical in journalism as a way of revealing the source of the information contained in the rest of the sentence.
Police say / The mayor says / Authorities say / The Defense Department says
CJ
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