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Gray olive 661 Posted 5 years ago
Grammar
Sentence Correction
Hi,
I recently read in a newspaper that "A Boy dies after drinking...…".
Shouldn't it be like "A Boy died after drinking...." since the boy is already dead.
Why they used present tense of verb form?
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The present tense is customarily used in newspaper headlines even to refer to the past. If the reference is to the future, the infinitive is common. I remember a headline from the early 1970s: Nixon to Visit China.
- The present tense is customarily used in newspaper headlines even to refer to the past.
- If the reference is to the future, the infinitive is common.
- I remember a headline from the early 1970s: Nixon to Visit China.
- CB
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The present tense is customarily used in newspaper headlines even to refer to the past. If the reference is to the future, the infinitive is common. I remember a headline from the early 1970s: Nixon to Visit China.
CB
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