: I respectfully disagree with the prior respondents. I don't see why shifts in tense are inappropriate English if used with discipline. It's no different, to my mind, than a temporary shift

I respectfully disagree with the prior respondents. I don't see why shifts in tense are inappropriate English if used with discipline. It's no different, to my mind, than a temporary shift in point of view. It's just a device. What's important is that the writer not sloppily mix past and present tense.

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: Capitalization of personal event names I am working with a friend on a essay and we have encountered a capitalization question. The book we are analyzing is The Assault by Harry Mulisch. The

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: DAMASTOR- It deals with the Black Plague in England, and it also deals with present day where violence reigns. An embittered angel has had enough with saving stolen souls from hell and wishes

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: How should changing the point of view be handled? I am writing a book with the particular twist that between chapters it switches the point of view. For example, in the first chapter it is

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: Should I write Internet slang as it is spoken or as it is written? I'm writing a sci-fi novel where some of the characters are computer hackers. In some of the conversations they use the

: I respectfully disagree with the prior respondents. I don't see why shifts in tense are inappropriate English if used with discipline. It's no different, to my mind, than a temporary shift

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: Capitalization of personal event names I am working with a friend on a essay and we have encountered a capitalization question. The book we are analyzing is The Assault by Harry Mulisch. The

: DAMASTOR- It deals with the Black Plague in England, and it also deals with present day where violence reigns. An embittered angel has had enough with saving stolen souls from hell and wishes

: How should changing the point of view be handled? I am writing a book with the particular twist that between chapters it switches the point of view. For example, in the first chapter it is

: Should I write Internet slang as it is spoken or as it is written? I'm writing a sci-fi novel where some of the characters are computer hackers. In some of the conversations they use the

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