[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Silly question

[Child Of Midian]

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zanooda:
> Here is a sentence: "The graveyard is full of the names of ancient magical
families, and this accounts, no doubt, for the stories of hauntings that
have dogged the little church for many centuries".
> 
> My question may seem a little silly, but since there is an argument, I
have to ask: what exactly "have dogged" that church, stories or hauntings
:-)? Thank you!
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The first thing that strikes me is "the graveyard is full of" that should be
"the graveyard was full of" because "is" is present tense and the book is
past tense. 

The rest of the sentence works for me. It's not "stories" or "haunting" its
"stories OF hauntings" which is one thing. Or to rephrase, "it's those
stories about hauntings that have dogged the church." 

md