tense switching

0It's a common way to tell a story - something that happened to you. You put your listener right there with you, experiencing things as you did at the time. However, I would limit it to story telling.02br
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0The mother still had not come out of the mall. At this point, the baby, who I would guess 01font00is 02font00about 2 years old, 01font00wakes up and starts crying02font00. You could see that he01font00 is02font00 confused, sweating, and frantic. 02br
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0I would say so, yes. As you said, as long as you don't hop around with it. If you can picture telling this story with animation, your hands waving around, using your body to really TELL it, then you can switch tenses. If you were giving a statement to the police in a calm, detatched manner, then try not to switch. But I think you already have a feel for when to do it, and when not to.0-

0"If you can picture telling this story with animation, your hands waving around, using your body to really TELL it, then you can switch tenses. "02br
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00I love the way you explained it. Thanks a lot, GG!!! Now, I have some ideas when to switch tenses. 0-