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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.englishforums.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>ESL General English Grammar Questions</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htm</link><description>Ask your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>XMOD (Build: 3598.39794)</generator><item><title>Re: tense choice when reporting film content</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/TenseChoiceReportingFilm-Content/hbcwh/post.htm#590287</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 13:20:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:590287</guid><dc:creator>Mister Micawber</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/TenseChoiceReportingFilm-Content/hbcwh/post.htm#590287</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-590287.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>. Yes, a kind of historic present, I suppose. When writing a review, you have the choice of tenses. .</description></item><item><title>tense choice when reporting film content</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/TenseChoiceReportingFilm-Content/hbcwh/post.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:20:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:590281</guid><dc:creator>guzhao67</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/TenseChoiceReportingFilm-Content/hbcwh/post.htm</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-590281.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Hi there: synposis for a film is always written in simple present tense. I&amp;#39;m not sure which tense should be used when reporting a film content after i&amp;#39;ve seen the film. thank you. by the way, is the simple present in synposis historic present?</description></item></channel></rss>