[Ads-l] Historical and literary present.

[Laurence Horn]

Nope, and nothing for “free indirect style” either.  Clearly there’s anti-lit-critter prejudice at work here.

> On Sep 28, 2020, at 8:23 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> Can it be that OED has no entry for either of these English verb tenses?
> 
> Or have I lost some more brain cells today?
> 
> (Right, false dichotomy. Just answer the question.)
> 
> JL
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