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No. 'Staying in POV' means the narrative portion of the story remains in the same POV. Otherwise, dialogue would be extremely.... odd. As would thoughts. The example listed in the link you gave is perfectly acceptable, and, indeed, the norm.

If you are writing the character's thoughts on a 'current' event from the POV of the character, why on earth would you write it in a tense other than the one in which the character occupies? Your story may be third person, past tense. But the events your character is musing upon may be present by his or her perspective. They would think in present tense forms, then. And, unless your character is 'special', they're unlikely to think of themselves in the third or second person.

Best thing to keep in mind is this; in dialogue and thought, all bets are off. There are no 'rules' on grammar, or perspective or even keeping in the same tense. People talk and think how they talk and think. Almost no one speaks in perfect grammar because it takes so much effort to actually think things out clearly and would take far too long to actually say your sentence. So in dialogue, write how that character would speak; in thought, write how that character would think. Only in narration are you required to actually maintain some sembelance of 'the Rules.'

"There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."

- W. Somerset Maugham

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