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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Hurried adjective?

How do you write this correctly?

The end of the movie was hurried. The director should have extended the last scene make it more suspensful.
  

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Hi, How would you write this correctly? The end of the movie was *incomplete. The director should have extended the last scene to make it more powerful.

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  • Hi, How would you write this correctly?
  • The end of the movie was *incomplete.
  • The director should have extended the last scene to make it more powerful.
  • * Hurried occurs only before a noun.
  • You can substitute it for cursory if you wish.
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Hi,

How would you write this correctly?

The end of the movie was *incomplete. The director should have extended the last scene to make it

more powerful.

*Hurried occurs only before a noun. You can substitute it for cursory if you wish.

Regards
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In my opinion, the two sentences in the original post are just fine.

(Note - suspenseful)

Rover
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Hi,

The end of the movie was hurried. The director should have extended the last scene to make it more suspenseful.

OK now.
Clive
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would "rushed" not be better instead of hurried?
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The end of the movie was hurried/rushed.

Both of those sound natural to me.

From COCA:

The counter staff is hurried but relatively patient.

When the end product is hurried, students do not have time to reflect

In contrast, where the preparation is hurried and results in an ambiguous compact
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