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Which do you say?1 How is the quality of the movie/whats the quality like ?one more thingis this comparative correct?1 The older some cheese get, the more expensive they get.Thanks

Alc24 · Accepted Answer

Anyone please?

Thanks

Philip · Answer

1. what's the quality

1. use gets in both cases. We usually consider cheese an uncountable noun.

CalifJim · Answer

alc24Which do you say?

1 How is the quality of the movie/whats the quality like ?

I don't say either of those. The word quality is not something that I would use in that context.

How is the movie? What's the movie like? How good is the movie? Is it a good movie?
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The older some cheeses get, the more expensive they get.
Or,
The older some cheese gets, the more expensive it gets.

CJ

Yankee · Answer

I agree with CJ. I doubt I'd ask "How's the quality?" in reference to a movie, but it wouldn't be unusual to hear someone say "How's the quality?" in a situation such as the following, for example:

A: I just got a great deal on new kitchen cabinets. I paid less than half of what I was expecting to pay.

B: Wow! Less than half? Where did you buy them? We're thinking about redoing our kitchen next year.

A: At Kitchens Galore. They've got unbelievably low prices.

B: How's the quality?

A: Well, they're not the sort of cabinets that you'd expect to last a lifetime, but they seem sturdy enough and they look really nice. For the price, I'd say the quality is quite good.

Philip · Answer

CalifJim
alc24Which do you say?

The older some cheeses get, the more expensive they get.

Or,

The older some cheese gets, the more expensive it gets.

CJ

Thanks for the change of pronoun and the second option, CJ!

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