As readers embark on a piece of writing, they get ready to understand the story set in a certain time and place. When we, as writers, suddenly move from one time to another with no connection, we create confusion. In this post, we will try to understand the broad scope of the meaning of the different Spanish verb tenses. We just can’t change time zones without putting our readers on an imaginary airplane!
Cuando escribimos algo, nuestro lector se instala en un lugar y un tiempo imaginarios. Si lo descolocamos, llevándolo a otro momento sin aviso previo, no puede seguir el hilo de lo que estamos diciendo.
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