Grammar Error

[.Ryan]

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"Read" should be "red" I guess if thats right? Any English majors?

[Keith J. Kacin]

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"Read" should be "red" I guess if thats right? Any English majors?

No, red is a color. Read refers to reading.

[3DKiwi]

"Read" pronounced "red" when talking about past tense. e.g. I have already read that book

Then "Read" pronouced "reed" when talking about present or future tense. e.g. I am going to read that book.

Your brain has to work out the context from the words around it to figure out which pronounceation to use.

3DKiwi

[Ziv Grosu]

This shouldn't be fixed.

Red - one of the primary colors
Read - act of reading; to read something..

(*) comes in Past
(*) comes in Future
(*) comes in Present

[.Ryan]

I know red is a color lmfao, just was up late and was like hmm.

[mbell12]

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should it not be...

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:wacko: :huh:

[Michael]

I think you'd only use 'nor' if you were also using the word 'neither'.

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But I think it's fine as it is right now.

[Mark]

I think you'd only use 'nor' if you were also using the word 'neither'.

But I think it's fine as it is right now.

Not that it *really* matters but "nor" is used with any negative, not just "neither", so the use of "nor" in that sentance would be justified as it would be preceded by "not".

I'm not sure whether "nor" is required in that sentance, or whether either "or" or "nor" would be acceptable, however.

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[bridgeaddict]

Actually "nor" is only used with "neither" as noted by Michael above. And it's "sentence" not "sentance". ;)

[Mark]

Actually "nor" is only used with "neither" as noted by Michael above. And it's "sentence" not "sentance". ;)

lol, you're right it is sentence.

But nor can be used with any negative according to various dictionaries:

nor

[bridgeaddict]

What I (and Michael) meant was that "nor" could not be used in the following:

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It would need to be:

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Obviously the word "nor" can be used in other contexts, as you illustrated.