Timeline for Does "Who sings it?" express the habitual present or the present of immediacy?
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| Jan 9, 2017 at 23:47 | comment | added | Robbie Goodwin | Really, Phil? There, I thought the usage was the obvious response to the nature of the recording/playback environment… | |
| Jan 9, 2017 at 18:20 | comment | added | Phil Sweet | The usage is being tweaked by the nature of the recording/playback environment. It could be though of as foregrounding using the historical present, or as marking a stative/durative condition of the recording itself. Also, the sense of the ethereal with respect to piped-in music might have an influence. | |
| Jan 9, 2017 at 13:05 | history | answered | Robbie Goodwin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |