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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

About "story"

Can I say,

(a) She likes stories better than playing games.

(b) Reading storybooks / story is better than paying computer games.
(c)The story is better than the film(s).

(d)The storybook is better than (the) films.

(e) This story / storybook is better to read.

(f) The story of king and I is better than the film.

(g) The story is better than another story.
  

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Hi Vincent. Let me try. Vincent Teo Can I say, (a) She likes reading stories more than playing games.

— Fandorin

  • Hi Vincent.
  • Let me try.
  • Vincent Teo Can I say, (a) She likes reading stories more than playing games.
  • (b) Reading storybooks / stories is better than p l aying computer games.
  • (c)The story is better than the film(s).
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Hi Vincent. Let me try.
Vincent TeoCan I say,

(a) She likes reading stories more than playing games.

(b) Reading storybooks / stories is better than playing computer games.
(c)The story is better than the film(s).

(d)(The) storybooks are better than (the) films.

(e) This story / storybook is
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I got confused. I think I should say:

(b) Reading storybooks are better than playing games. (not "is", right? )
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No, "is" is fine: the subject of the verb is the gerund phrase "Reading storybooks", which is singular.

(Gerunds are always singular.)

By the way, it might be better to avoid "storybooks": in ordinary usage, it is not a word that is used much, except with children.

MrP
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Thanks. I understand. but, Which is correct?


(d)The storybooks / stories are better than (the) films.
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Fandorin
Vincent TeoCan I say,

(f) The story of "King and me" is better than the film.

If I remember correctly, the title is 'The King and I'.

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Vincent TeoThanks. I understand. but, Which is correct?

(d)The storybooks / stories are better than (the) films.



Both versions may be, in different contexts, e.g.

1. I don't like Jane Austen very much; but the books are better than the films.

— specific reference.

2. Books are better than films.
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