Grammar Nazi

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Neesy

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Rrty

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This has obviously been asked before, maybe even by me (or is that myself?), but let me nevertheless pose the query.

In another thread, I wrote (not a quote):

I believe Pet Sematary was the first novel of King that I've read.

Two things:

It is not of King's, I presume?

And: Should it be I'd instead of I've?
 
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blunthead

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This has obviously been asked before, maybe even by me (or is that myself?), but let me nevertheless pose the query.

In another thread, I wrote (not a quote):

I believe Pet Sematary was the first novel of King that I've read.

Two things:

It is not of King's, I presume?

And: Should it be I'd instead of I've?
I think the first sentence is correct either way. The second one is correct as it stands. If you'd the contraction "I'd, which means I had" it would be correct in reference to something else you'd said or done; for instance, "I believe Pet Sematary was the first novel of King's I'd read before visiting New York City." I would probably state it like this: "I believe Pet Sematary was the first King novel...".
 

PatInTheHat

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Sooo many rules to brake sew little tyme, I mean hey, single handedly attemptin' to destroy the english yada blather yada one sylable at a time, well nowz that ain't near as eazy as it wood seam
Now THAT is the most useful thang I've red on this here thread!
Gee whiz, all the work I have puteth fourth to single handily monkey retch the english jibber jab fer all theze years, and fore why:down:...hay don't brake it if it ain't fixed!..:Oo:...ya I doesn't knows what that means ether:rolleyes:
 

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I love that he got the points.

My son had a teacher in grade 5-ish that was always making mistakes. One time, he brought a test back to the teacher to point out why he felt it should have been marked correct. I think the teacher had used a double negative, and while most kids knew what was intended, my son knew what was actually asked, and answered that. He went to the teacher nice and quiet, pointed out her error and asked for the points. (It was the only question he got wrong.) she got really nasty and shamed him in front of the class for being "to stupid" to understand the question properly. Big mistake. For the rest of the year, every error she made was pointed out to her, loudly, with a smirk.
 
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