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i just read it vs i just red it

The correct choice is 'I just read it.' 'Read' is a verb, while 'red' is a color. Therefore, 'I just read it' is the appropriate version of the sentence.
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Last updated: September 29, 2024 • 15957 views

i just read it

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that the speaker has recently finished reading something.

Examples:

  • I just read it and it was amazing.
  • She just read it yesterday.
  • We just read it together.
  • He just read it for the first time.
  • They just read it out loud.
  • I just read it in your face.
  • I just read it in the paper.
  • I don't know. I just read it somewhere.
  • I know, I just read it on the sign.
  • I think I just read it in his résumé or something.
  • I just read it in the papers, that's all.
  • I just read it off the board, genius.
  • I told you, I just read it in a weird moment of desperation at the Detroit airport.
  • I just read it out, it was Luka that wrote it.
  • I just read it when I was a kid, I had no idea he had a society... it was kind of an unofficial fan club.
  • I just read it.
  • No. I just read it.

i just red it

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

  • It's just red or white.
  • NSA just red-flagged a live feed going out on the Internet.
  • I'm just red, like the Texas sunset.
  • NSA just red-flagged a live feed going out on the Internet.
  • For bonobos and humans alike, life is not just red in tooth and claw.
  • So it's really just red tape for the bank, then.
  • Some of our equipment just red-flagged a North Korean Sinpo-class sub arming a nuclear warhead in the Sea of Japan.
  • Maybe he just red our victim out here, shot him from a distance, and it was actually a carefully planned-out hit.
  • Just red, okay, Lone?
  • So it's really just red tape for the bank, then. Tim:
  • When you insulted my wife, I just saw red.
  • I just saw red, then he was on the floor.
  • I just saw red, then he was on the floor.
  • It looks like I just got a Red Queen virtual smackdown.
  • And I just found a big red flag.
  • I just blew through a red light.
  • I just saw red dawn, okay?
  • I just saw red, and I grabbed the closest thing to me.
  • He come at me, and I just went berserker red on him.
  • I'm sorry to say I just saw red!

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