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Zoltán Király Posted 5 years ago
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Does this sound natural in English?

I don't think that anyone else ever gave a more frightening portrayal of Dracula than Max Sheck in the Nosferatu movie.

  

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Zoltán Király Does this sound natural in English? I don't think that anyone else ever gave a more frightening portrayal of Dracula than Max Sheck in the Nosferatu movie. Yes, in written form, but in everyday conversation we would probably omit 'that'.

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  • Zoltán Király Does this sound natural in English?
  • I don't think that anyone else ever gave a more frightening portrayal of Dracula than Max Sheck in the Nosferatu movie.
  • Yes, in written form, but in everyday conversation we would probably omit 'that'.
  • ) the Nosferatu movie suggests a type of movie.
  • the movie Nosferatu means that 'Nosferatu' is the title of the movie.
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Zoltán Király

Does this sound natural in English?
I don't think that anyone else ever gave a more frightening portrayal of Dracula than Max Sheck in the Nosferatu movie.

Yes, in written form, but in everyday conversation we would probably omit 'that'. (Keeping 'that' is not wrong.)

the Nosferatu movie suggests a type of movie.

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Zoltán Király

Does this sound natural in English?
I don't think that anyone else ever gave a more frightening portrayal of Dracula than Max Sheck in the Nosferatu movie.

"Else" is redundant with "more". "Else" implies an absurdity, that Sheck gave a more frightening portrayal himself. "I don't think that anyone ever gave a more frightening portray

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