: After reading your question I did a little search and discovered this: Use present tense to introduce cited or quoted material and to make personal comments on such materials. Use past

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After reading your question I did a little search and discovered this:

Use present tense to introduce cited or quoted material and to make
personal comments on such materials. Use past tense only when directly
quoting a passage that is in past tense or when reporting historical
events.

This answers the question of why "pass" was corrected to "passed" since you were speaking about an event that has historically passed. And therefore past tense is what you wanted for that sentence. Same reasoning behind choosing the first sentence in your example comment. That sentence is reporting on something that has already happened.

Please note that, if you are citing a piece of fiction you should always be aware of literary present.

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