| 单词 | historical present |
| 例句 | She offers readers a blessedly brief but often funny overview of the complications of this now dead but still lively language — including declensions, gender, number, case, inalienable possession and the seemingly oxymoronic historical present. Finding meaning late in life without ‘Eat Pray Love’ 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Yet there are types of novel where the historical present is true to a pattern. A history of the present 2010-09-24T23:06:00Z Furthermore, it becomes clear as the book proceeds that each chapter corresponds to a significant span of "your" life, and is set in the historical present. How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid – review 2013-03-28T08:00:02Z Under this kind of pressure, blandness emerges as a traumatized truce, a colorless pact that holds the personal and historical present together at the cost of a sinful amnesia. Kazuo Ishiguro’s Folly 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z A shift to the historical present should not be made abruptly, or frequently, or for any subject except an important crisis. The Century Handbook of Writing That rhetorical instrument, the historical present, which makes the pages of his books tell such vivid stories, he often used with admirable effect in the prayer-room, impressing and thrilling all hearts. Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman Direct description for platform use may be made vivid by the sparing use of the "historical present." The Art of Public Speaking The historical present is much used, often alternating abruptly with the preterite. Icelandic Primer with Grammar, Notes and Glossary Fond as he was of the historical past, Mr. Holmes remained loyal to the historical present. Adventures Among Books What do you understand by "the historical present?" The Art of Public Speaking No writer more frequently and with keener effect uses the historical present. Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman |
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