Hello, is this sentence correct?
Yesterday afternoon Mary and I went out for a film.
Yesterday afternoon Mary and I went out to a film. for is not natural here. In N.
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Yesterday afternoon Mary and I went out to a film.
for is not natural here.
In N. America ,I almost always hear a movie.
Clive
I would expect a fellow American to say "We went to the movies" even though there was only one.