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9862444 No.9862444 [Reply] [Original]

Why do post-modernists think it's acceptable to jump between preterite and present tense?

>> No.9862485

They just can't write

>> No.9862496

>Why do post-modernists think it's acceptable

because postmodernists think everything is acceptable :^)

>> No.9862536

because modernists did it

>> No.9862543

because it's fun

>> No.9862546

>>9862444
do you have some examples for us to discuss?

>> No.9862588

This is the first time I've seen this anime girl not vomitting and it gave me a weirdly satisfactory feeling from not seeing vomit when I was expecting to

>> No.9862654

>>9862444
because there's nothing wrong with it

>> No.9862979
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>>9862654
What about switching between present and preterite in the same paragraph that you're switching between first and third person?