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The present tense is a grammatical tense that locates a situation or event in present time.

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past/present tense when telling a story in spoken English

The shift to present tense indicates heightened emotion on the part of the narrator. This is also supposed to be more emotive for the listener. It's a normal and mostly unconscious part of spoken Engl …
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