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Past or present tense for stories

од Alkanadi, 02. септембар 2014.

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Alkanadi (Погледати профил) 02. септембар 2014. 08.51.44

I noticed that some stories are told in the past tense, while others are told in the present tense. Which way is correct?

Example:
La heroo mortigis la drakon.
La heroo mortigas la drakon

sergejm (Погледати профил) 02. септембар 2014. 09.09.21

The both are correct.

nornen (Погледати профил) 02. септембар 2014. 13.29.40

I would say that this is mostly about style.
When you tell a story, which obviously happened in the past, in the present tense, it is called "historic present".
It is a literary means of throwing the reader directly into the action.

tommjames (Погледати профил) 02. септембар 2014. 13.49.03

PMEG has some info on this usage of the present tense for the past, here (last paragraph).

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