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Domain Rider Posted 4 years ago
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Term for using present tense to describe past events?

It's become commonplace now to hear people describe past events in the present tense, e.g. "It's 1974, she's 16, and she decides to run away from home..." instead of, "It was 1974, she was 16, and she decided to run away from home".


What is the term for this 'historic present' usage?

  

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Domain Rider What is the term for this 'historic present' usage? That's the term. It's the historic present.

— CalifJim

  • Domain Rider What is the term for this 'historic present' usage?
  • That's the term.
  • It's the historic present.
  • CJ
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Domain RiderWhat is the term for this 'historic present' usage?

That's the term. It's the historic present.

CJ

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