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Kak Serwan Posted 11 years ago
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Why we use simple present & present continuous in spite of the sentence in the past tense!
I went to a concert yesterday in the Town Hall. In the middle of it while the orchestra "is playing" this man suddenly "stands" on his seat and "starts" to conduct them.
I went to a concert yesterday in the Town Hall. In the middle of it while the orchestra "is playing" this man suddenly "stands" on his seat and "starts" to conduct them.
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Kak Serwan Why we use simple present & present continuous in spite of the sentence in the past tense! This is a stylistic technique. It's a special use of the present tenses that is used to make the story more vivid and exciting.
- Kak Serwan Why we use simple present & present continuous in spite of the sentence in the past tense!
- This is a stylistic technique.
- It's a special use of the present tenses that is used to make the story more vivid and exciting.
- CJ
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Kak SerwanWhy we use simple present & present continuous in spite of the sentence in the past tense!This is a stylistic technique. It's a special use of the present tenses that is used to make the story more vivid and exciting.
CJ
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