...' forces,' has the special sense, ' military forces,' ' troops.' 12. ConCUITUnt.] When writers wish to describe a past action vividly, so as to make it seem actually present to their readers, they use the present tense. This use of the ' Historical Present,' as it is called,...

...word 'forces,' has the special sense, 'military forces,' 'troops.' 12. Concurrunt.] When writers wish to describe a past action vividly, so as to make it seem actually present to their readers, they use the present tense. This use of the ' Historical Present,' as it is called,...

...though denoting a past action. " The Present Indefinite, which is seldom used in its strict sense, is constantly used in a secondary sense, when a narrator...scribit epistolam, dat equiti, insilit in equum, avolat; ' The general dismounts, writes a letter, gives it to a trooper, leaps on his horse, flies off.' "...

...preceding sentence. — Troja vocatur, was called Troy. The Present is used for the Historical Perfect when a narrator wishes to describe a past action vividly...as to make it seem actually present to his hearers. 733. Like ess6, several other verbs take two Nominatives, one of the subject, the other of the predicate;...