The present tense is perfect English for history, sports commentary – and jokes | Letter

Linguistics professor John O’Regan on history written in the present tense, and Simon Allen on other documentary annoyancesAdrian Chiles’s article concerning the use of the present tense in television history programmes (I love history programmes. But... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/sep/15/the-present-tense-is-perfect-english-for-history-sports-commentary-and-jokes?utm_source=press.coop

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