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Sarah88 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Telling a story... tenses ?

Do we always use simple past and past perfect for telling a story?
  

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Not at all. The 'narrative present' is also a popular choice, but it is possible for any tense or aspect to appear somewhere in a tale told.

  • Not at all.
  • The 'narrative present' is also a popular choice, but it is possible for any tense or aspect to appear somewhere in a tale told.
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Not at all. The 'narrative present' is also a popular choice, but it is possible for any tense or aspect to appear somewhere in a tale told.

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