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I'm a native English speaker - I feel it's totally valid to talk about a past event in the future tense as used here. I can't explain why, but I've heard it bee
by acchow 10y ago
I'm a native English speaker - I feel it's totally valid to talk about a past event in the future tense as used here. I can't explain why, but I've heard it been used before and doesn't seem ambiguous or incorrect.
Edit: tho the past tense is preferable.
- cormullion 10y agoInconsistently used here, but it's the historical present: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_present https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_present For some reason, I hear a old-style narration over a documentary film when I hear this tense.