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Habibaelgindy Posted 11 years ago
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Sometimes I feel like I'm watching a comedy movie not a scary one.
  

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Comedy is a noun and cannot modify movie. I would alter the sentence: Sometimes I feel like I'm watching a comedy rather than a scary movie.

  • Comedy is a noun and cannot modify movie.
  • I would alter the sentence: Sometimes I feel like I'm watching a comedy rather than a scary movie.
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Comedy is a noun and cannot modify movie. I would alter the sentence: Sometimes I feel like I'm watching a comedy rather than a scary movie.
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Note, habibaelgindy, that nouns modify other nouns all the time: a comedy bit/routine/club/series/show/duo/etc. It’s just that a comedy movie isn’t very idiomatic.

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