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Angliholic Posted 17 years ago
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A passionate lover of film/films

There are all sorts of different doors leading into this profession (film critic). I became a passionate lover of film in my teens and soon developed a compulsion to write about them long before I decided to start doing it professionally.

Hi,

I wonder why the above uses "film" instead of "films." Films make more sense to me because the speaker should be a passionate lover of more than one film.

Correct me if I am wrong.

Thanks.
  

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"A lover of filmS" is not wrong. But native speakers prefer "A lover of film" because they are not thinking of particular filmS but of the motion picture industry or the art of the motion picture = a lover of cinema in general.

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  • "A lover of filmS" is not wrong.
  • But native speakers prefer "A lover of film" because they are not thinking of particular filmS but of the motion picture industry or the art of the motion picture = a lover of cinema in general.
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"A lover of filmS" is not wrong. But native speakers prefer "A lover of film" because they are not thinking of particular filmS but of the motion picture industry or the art of the motion picture = a lover of cinema in general.
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Hello.

A passionate lover of film = someone with a passion for the medium of film, usually implying an appreciation of film as an art form.

A passionate lover of films = someone with a passion for films/movies, e.g. 'I love action films/movies.' It says nothing about any artistic preference for the medium, just that the person likes watching films.

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