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use of past tense in news reports

headlines are in present tense and news reports in past tense

Why are headlines in present tense and news reports in past tense

June 19, 2013 Sunil Saxena 1

Have you noticed the strange fact that news reports are written in past tense and news headlines in simple present tense? There is, of course, […]

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