to read

I'd rephrase the last sentence to read:
I shifted from fifth to third gear.

Are 'to read' correctly used here?

Many thanks.

Yoong Liat wrote:

I'd rephrase the last sentence to read:
I shifted from fifth to third gear.

Are 'to read' correctly used here?

Many thanks.

But you should have written "Is "to read" used correctly here?"

Correct.

You could also use 'quotation marks' instead of a : colon.

By the way, are you learning proper or American English?

Do you recognise the following words:

queue
catalogue
centre

Ah OK, yes I guess I do.

British English