[Grammar] as [name] usefully "points out" in post #5

[kadioguy]

However, be aware that when using pronouns (as GoesStation usefully points out in post #5), you must use a possessive

https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/...iend-of-Susi?p=1391488&viewfull=1#post1391488

GoesStation's post in #5 is before jutfrank's, so could you tell me why the blue part is used in the present simple rather than in the past simple (i.e., pointed out)?

 

[tedmc]

That could have been in the simple past tense but it is a statement of fact which still holds true and its being current is emphasized.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Yes.

Also, it's customary to report written and dramatic narratives in the present tense.

Example: In the movie Die Hard, Bruce Willis plays an off-duty cop fighting ruthless killers.

 

[emsr2d2]

We often use the present tense for something that someone has already said but that we assume is something they would say again.

Helen: That's an ugly car! What a vile shade of green!
Sarah: I actually love the car but, like you say, it's a horrible colour.

It wouldn't be wrong to use "like you said" but "like you say" gives more of an impression of the fact that it was and still is Helen's opinion. You will also hear "as you say".