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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Tense
In a paper , I want to introduce the plot of the story , which tense should I use? And when I want to cite a sentence from the original text in my comment , which tenses should I use?
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Synopses and the like are written as if they were in the present. '"
- Synopses and the like are written as if they were in the present.
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Synopses and the like are written as if they were in the present. This is called the literary present or the historical present: "Bob gets up one morning to discover that he has been abducted by aliens who have transported his entire bedroom to Mars while he slept."
The literary present is also used when speaking of the writing: "Magruder writes in the second chapter of Bob's stinkfoot, f
The literary present is also used when speaking of the writing: "Magruder writes in the second chapter of Bob's stinkfoot, f
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Who have transported his entire bedroom to Mars while he Slept.Thanks ,but why in this sentence the past tense "slept" is used rather than the present tense " sleep"? How can I reveal the time sequence if many actions are carried out one after another in a story when I retell the story.Thank you.
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I wrote the synopsis in the literary present.
"Bob gets up one morning to discover that he has been abducted by aliens who have transported his entire bedroom to Mars while he slept."
This is how it would look if I had written it in the n
"Bob gets up one morning to discover that he has been abducted by aliens who have transported his entire bedroom to Mars while he slept."
This is how it would look if I had written it in the n
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