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have you read the book vs have you red the book

The correct phrase is 'Have you read the book?'. 'Red' is a color, while 'read' is the past participle of the verb 'to read', which is the right form to use in this context.
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have you read the book

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to ask someone if they have read a specific book. 'Read' is the past participle of the verb 'read' in this context.
  • Tell me, have you read the book of Hosea?
  • Have you read the book, Peyton?
  • Have you read the book "The straight truth"?
  • Have you read the book "The straight truth"?
  • Have you read the Book of Revelation?
  • Have you read the book?
  • Tina, have you read the book?
  • Have you read the book, yet,
  • Have you read the Book of Revelation?

have you red the book

This phrase is incorrect. 'Red' is a color, not the past participle of 'read'.

  • Track lengths below 4 seconds violate the Red Book standard.
  • I notice you're not carrying a red book.
  • I got a lot of red books.
  • Another gold star in his little red book.
  • He lifted a foreign print from the red book.
  • Serious injury is the red book.
  • All I could think of was getting hold of that red book before it fell into the wrong hands.
  • I'm checking, to see if everyone has their Red Book on Civil Defense.
  • Because of a little red book, they spent the rest of their days together.
  • It seems that the Little Red Book had an enormous impact.
  • Chairman Mao's Little Red Book.
  • Did you get Jennsen's red book?
  • Otherwise known as 'The Ugly Red Book That Won't Fit On A Shelf'.
  • There, on my father's desk, the red book.
  • I hate to disappoint you, but I don't even have a little red book.
  • We're checking this guy out in the red book right now.
  • You know that little red books bring you bad luck?
  • Read me the red book."
  • You ought to take him and go back and start teaching him on the red book.
  • The worst part of the day was when my sister came to my room with her red book of stories, open a page at random and start reading.

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