The shift to the historic present tense marks this.
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In the original Greek " devil left him " was in the historic present tense.
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It's not always the historic present that's used, although it often is.
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"I never remember the Fitzgerald _ she's always in the historic present,"
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:: : I haven't heard this, but it immediately makes me think of the historic present.
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In speech, it tends to be the historic present .-- talk ) 19 : 29, 19 November 2008 ( UTC)
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Graham Shorrocks notes that a similar use of the historic present occurs in some dialects of north Germany, citing Gordon ( 1966 ) and Wakernagel-Jolles ( 1971 ).
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:: The historic present is used, which is actually exactly the same as the present in English .-- talk ) 17 : 16, 19 November 2008 ( UTC)