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14 May 2022
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If I’m trying to write a newspaper article which tense should I use? It’s about an event that’s happened in the past but most sites say newspaper articles are written in the present tense so I’m unsure
If I’m trying to write a newspaper article which tense should I use? It’s about an event that’s happened in the past but most sites say newspaper articles are written in the present tense so I’m unsure
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Just write in the past tense if it happened in the past. Maybe I don't get what you are meaning but thats only logical isnt it? If something happened and you are writing about it you don't want to sound like it's happening right now
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@isabellabellaflover In our german class they told us that perfekt is used mainly for spoken dialogues and Präteritum for written texts but I dont think thats accurate. The thruth is that Perfekt is used much more everywhere and you encouter Präteritum pretty rarely in germany.
I just looked at a newspaper I had lying around and everything was written in Perfekt too so I recommend you use it.
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@Picobello So wenn ich beim Sprechen Präteritum benutze, klingt es sehr unnatürlich, oder? ;)
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@MichaelChuZ Ja, so ist es. Ich würde dann eher an einen Adeligen/König/Prinzessin aus dem Mittelalter denken. In Deutschland redet heutzutage keiner so.
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