Colloquially the present tense can also be used as a historical present when narrating events of the past, especially when relating events which occurred suddenly or unexpectedly.
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:: : : The'historical present'might just be so-called'relative same time', emphasizing continuity and / or placement within a specified time.
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And there's the historical present as well, which is sometimes mixed up with the simple past .-- [ pleasantries ] 21 : 49, 11 March 2014 ( UTC)
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When telling a longer story, Afrikaans speakers usually avoid the perfect and simply use the present tense, or historical present tense instead ( as is possible, but less common, in English as well ).
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:A number of continental European languages actually use the historical present more than English does ( though I don't know about Spanish ) . talk ) 00 : 56, 5 April 2011 ( UTC)
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A present tense form may sometimes refer to the past ( as in the historical present ), a past tense form may sometimes refer to the non-past ( as in some English conditional sentences ), and so on.
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His new book " The Historical Present : The Uses & Abuses of the Past " ( University Press of Mississippi, $ 25 ) is an elegant brief for history as more than simply a fund of facts to be memorized.
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The simple present usually refers to a habitual action ( I go every day ), a general rule ( water runs downhill ), a future action in some subordinate clauses ( if I go ) or the historical present ( President signs bill ).
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Liberation Theology is then a new way of doing Historical Theology in a particular locus theologicus : the historical present of Latin America, where a large portion of the population is oppressed by structures that deny them the possibilities to satisfy their needs and to develop.
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:Q : When referring to the first person to do / acheive something, if the person is still alive, do you use the historical present tense ( because they will always be the first ) or do you use the past tense ( because they did it once and it's o ver )?
