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Is this correct? (Frawley said he was near the 110 mile marker when he saw...) Wed Mar 05, 2008 17:49 pm  Is this correct? (Frawley said he was near the 110 mile marker when he saw...)		  
I read the following on the local newspaper:

"Frawley said he was near the 110 mile marker when he saw the Ford Explorer SportTrack spin, then roll five or six times."

Why did the writer use the present tense when he described the thing that had happened in the past?
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Is this correct? (Frawley said he was near the 110 mile marker when he saw...) Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:26 am  Is this correct? (Frawley said he was near the 110 mile marker when he saw...)		  
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Frawley said he was near the 110 mile marker when he saw the Ford Explorer SportTrack spin, then roll five or six times

The verbs in bold are not in the present tense; they are infinitives and complements of the past tense verb, saw.
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Is this correct? (Frawley said he was near the 110 mile marker when he saw...) Fri Mar 07, 2008 6:41 am  Is this correct? (Frawley said he was near the 110 mile marker when he saw...)		  
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Frawley said he was near the 110 mile marker when he saw the Ford Explorer SportTrack spin, then roll five or six times

The verbs in bold are not in the present tense; they are infinitives and complements of the past tense verb, saw.
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Thank you very much for your help.
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