OH: “Why are we standing in an air and space museum talking about the Present Historical tense?”
“Well, we are in the present, and this is historical”
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@WizardOfDocs Using the present tense to talk about things in the past: “In 1066, William the Conqueror travels to England with his army of Normans and defeats King Harold at Hastings.”
It’s not much used in English, but it is common in a number of European languages.
@moof what is present historical tense, as opposed to past tense