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past historic tense

noun

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  1. A tense used in some languages (such as French and Italian) in narrative, and in spoken…

    A tense used in some languages (such as French and Italian) in narrative, and in spoken language primarily when reading narrative or in storytelling, for completed actions in the past or in speaking of the deceased.

    • Contrary to the frequently-heard contention that the past historic tense is used in writing but more rarely in spoken French, there are only nine instances of this tense, of which seven occur in the speech genres of FRNACO.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA