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A personal bugbear for me too. The writer's story is theirs, and I wish they'd stop trying to tell me it's mine too. I typically assume that they're right, that
by to3m 9y ago
A personal bugbear for me too. The writer's story is theirs, and I wish they'd stop trying to tell me it's mine too. I typically assume that they're right, that I know what's going to happen, and stop reading.
I don't know which is worse, though: this, or history programmes narrated in the present tense.
- andyjohnson0 9y ago> history programmes narrated in the present tense This is called "historical present" [1], and is a style derived from Latin. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_present https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_present