Monday, May 23, 2016

past tense - Why is the present perfect used in headlines?

In news reports, we often read or hear events introduced with the present perfect, and then the past simple like this:




The film star Jim Cooper has died of cancer. He was 68 and lived in Texas.




What's wrong if we use both first and second sentence in past simple?





The film star Jim Cooper died of cancer. He was 68 and lived in Texas.


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