The sentence should be "I had joined the soccer team to meet new friends" if you're looking for a past perfect tense verb, since this is indication it is something that is not repeated.
Answer:
you still see the moon phases
Explanation:
the moon phases deals with the sun and the position of the moon at the time so the Earth positions would have nothing to do with it.
Answer:
The excerpt presented allows readers to approach a “forbidden door".
Explanation:
In "Danse Macabre", Stephen King describes how society influences the horror genre. Be it in books, comics, films, etc. He explores the history of the genre and how real life situations are the consequence of that history.
In this case, King is pointing us to a "forbidden door".
"(...) he peered into the darkness."
"(...) he could resolve this mystery. He swung his legs to the floor with conviction."
The character is going into the darnkess to solve that mistery. He is going to cross that "forbidden door".
One you are, Or one year sounds right
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