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ggm 3 hours ago

"predicts" must be a variant of standard english which projects the past tense into the present tense because .. reasons?

He predicted. Absent an Ouija board, he isn't predicting any more.

fy20 an hour ago | parent [-]

The title is missing context, the full sentence would be "In his final speech, Huxley predicts Adderall". The context anchors the time frame, so "predicts" is present tense at the time of the speech.

"In his 2006 paper, Roubini sees an upcoming global financial crisis"

Journalists love to do things like this - cut out the context - as it makes the headlines seem more vivid, immediate and often alarming.

"Roubini sees an upcoming global financial crisis"

ggm 43 minutes ago | parent [-]

Shakspear writes his next big drama.

Germany invades Poland on trumped-up pretext.

Shock murder in Roman forum. Details to follow.