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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Why present tense?

Hey. Would anyone be able to explain to me why suddenly there's a use of present tense in this excerpt below?

"[...] fading now that there was no sound of Filch and Snape, Harry moved nearer to the mirror, wanting to look at himself but see no reflection again."

  

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It's not Present tense. It's the base verb. Parse it this way.

— Clive

  • It's not Present tense.
  • It's the base verb.
  • Parse it this way.
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It's not Present tense. It's the base verb.

Parse it this way. eg

"[...] fading now that there was no sound of Filch and Snape, Harry moved nearer to the mirror, wanting to look at himself but (to) see no reflection again."

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