<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=69280.msg3345173#msg3345173">Quote from: Haibane on 23-07-2010, 22:49:21</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I would say "I go to the store to buy a beer," is first person present tense.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Yeah, you're right. I stand corrected.<em>"I'm going to the store to buy a beer."</em>would be something like present participle or something. I can't remember all that stuff from high school. lol<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Its very unusual to see people write in first person present tense in RPs on E.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>You're right again. I think the only times I see first person present tense is in playful PMs and non-story, OOC, flirtacious posts, i.e.<em>"I kneel before you and begin to lick your nyloned covered leg"</em><br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Its more common to see third person present tense, "The predator stands up and looks around the room" rather than past tense "The predator stood up and looked around the room". I personally think past tense has more of an accomplished, quality feel to it since the great bulk of fiction is written in that style and most people it would seem at E write in the past tense.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>And, more of the same ... you're right and I agree.