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Fiction

Curmudgeoness

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5. You give your age away.

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Sun Sep 15, 2013, 04:42 PM

Sep 2013

That example is priceless!

I have not noticed this present tense fad, and I am not sure if I would notice it or not. But you can be sure that I will pay attention from now on, and will see it whenever it comes up.

On edit: Aggghhhhh! I have already stumbled onto an example that is not Dick and Jane, in the next OP that I opened, regarding Pynchon's newest book-----------“On the way home she passes the neighborhood firehouse. They’re in working on one of the trucks. . . . She threads among the daily bunches of flowers on the sidewalk..."

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I wish fiction writers wouldn't write in the present tense. [View all] raccoon Sep 2013 OP

Is this a current fad? krispos42 Sep 2013 #1

I like to read non-current stuff as well, 1970's and 80's. nt raccoon Sep 2013 #2

That, and the lack of quotation marks.... dixiegrrrrl Sep 2013 #3

Oh, thank god that I have not run into that yet. Curmudgeoness Sep 2013 #4

If the lack of quotation marks bugs you...... Paladin Sep 2013 #9

You give your age away. Curmudgeoness Sep 2013 #5

Pynchon's taking on 9/11. I'll cut him some slack. (nt) Paladin Sep 2013 #8

I spend a whole year LWolf Sep 2013 #6

I agree. And it's all too common. SheilaT Sep 2013 #7

Elly Griffiths DUgosh Oct 2013 #10