[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Silly question

[Child Of Midian]

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[mailto:HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Carol

Carol responds:
All dialogue is *not* in the present tense. Sometimes a character has to
talk about past events: "Hagrid told me that Dumbledore yelled at Snape
yesterday," 

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Oh, for the love of sweet cheese!!! Yes!!! But that makes the speaker a
Narrator to the other listeners in the story, and you'll notice that they
instantly switch to past tense :-D

md