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I think past tense is the tense that most of us read and write in for at least 90% of the time when dealing with fiction. i.e. Tommy threw the ball, Jane opened the letter, etc. It looks like present tense in that it is happening in the story now, but it is actually past tense. I tend to associate present tense with the viewpoint of the main character i.e. 'you go to the door and look through the peep hole to see who is there.'
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