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   Hi, Anton Shepelev - Dallas Hinton!   
   I read your message from 20.05.2020 22:59   
      
    DH>> In any case, to suddenly shift from past to present would be quite   
    DH>> jarring to the reader. And also, the ring is (or seems to be from   
    DH>> this fragment) a very minor part of the story so who really cares   
    DH>> about it's current location?   
      
    AS> I see. It reminds me of a dialog line from a British horror story,   
    AS> where a woman excalims "I forgot he was vegeterinan!", when she   
    AS> realies she has prepared no vegetaranian meal for her new   
    AS> acquaintance, who, by all means, is vegetarian still.   
      
   A story can be told in the present or in the past. But you should   
   choose. If you put "It reminds me of..." you imply past events and you   
   should continue:   
      
   ....a dialog line from a British horror story, where a woman exclaimed,   
   "I forgot he IS a vegeterinan!" when she realised she had prepared no   
   vegetaranian meal for her new acquaintance...   
      
   (IS because it is the direct speech).   
      
   Bye, Anton!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
   english_tutor 2020   
      
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