Alexander Koryagin:

>  AS> I see. It reminds me of a dialog line from a British horror
>  AS> story, where a woman excalims "I forgot he was
>  AS> vegeterinan!", when she realies she has prepared no
>  AS> vegetaranian meal for her new acquaintance, who, by all
>  AS> 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...

Hey! The phrase "I forgot he was vegetarian!" (with `was' and no
article before `vegetarian') is a quote from the book! Do insist on
correcting the language of Ramsey Campbell???

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