I have a problem in the sentence:
I am very sorry to say you this, but Ignazio, he die of heart attack yesterday night.
The time is of past-yesterday night, but the verb die is used in its root form instead of using past tense. Should 'died' be used here or is the sentence correct?
Note: Does it relate to the use of Historic Present i.e. narrating past things as they were happening now?
Best Answer
In the quoted passage, Eugenia Antonucci is presented as a person whose English is poor. Note the phrase "in tentative, accented English". That's why she makes mistakes in her speech - she is not a native speaker of English.
-- this verb form is certainly wrong here. The correct form, as you rightly guessed, is