Sentence examples for use the present tense from inspiring English sources
Did I use the present tense?
Do use the present tense only (e.g., "Students write").
Critics soon learned not to use the present tense in reporting on a Cunningham performance.
Think of hypnosis: a subject in a trance will use the present tense, even if he or she is describing a past life.
His decision to use the present tense is particularly shrewd since it eliminates — for the reader, as for Hugo — any possibility of a future.
"It is," Lichtenstein reports, still able to use the present tense, "a secret, private, hidden world" with "a strict set of unspoken internal laws".
Why oh why is your presenter insisting on using the present tense when reviewing historical events?
The company is using the present tense.
Using the present tense will create immediacy - but can also inhibit measured reflection.
"He is really a great guy, and if you notice, I'm still using the present tense".
"My darling brother is 65 now," said Ms. Mandra, using the present tense when discussing her brother.
