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StephenKing.com - Ever Et Raw Meat? and Other Weird Questions
Well - it HAS been a while!
Where's the "Groan" button when you need it?You can't run through a campground. You can only ran through a campground, because it's past tents.
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...".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?
Now THAT is the most useful thang I've red on this here thread!
He's great during rain delays. Has a 0.0 ERA!I guess it rains a lot there?