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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

In the science movie//In the science-fiction movie

1b00In the science movie02b00, the Earth is attacked by the aliens from outer space.02br
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01b00In the science-fiction movie02b00, ...02br
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00Do both of the above sound right and mean about the same to you? Thanks.0-
  

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0No, not at all. Get to a dictionary. 0-

  • 0No, not at all.
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0No, not at all. Get to a dictionary. 0-
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0 But Marius, if a movie is about aliens attacking the Earth, I'd say it's science-fiction (or sci-fi). Wouldn't you?0-
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0 Yes, in the context it could be only science-fiction (or sci-fi). 0-
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00I got the idea that in Angliholic's posts the first sentence usually comes from a book, from an article etc., while the second sentence is an attempt to rephrase part of the sentence.02br
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00So, I asked because I found the first line ("01i00In the science movie, the Earth is attacked by the aliens from outer space02i00")
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01cite10Tanit12cite10I got the idea that in Angliholic's posts the first sentence usually comes from a book, from an article etc., while the second sentence is an attempt to rephrase part of the sentence.12blockquote
10 Me too. But Angliholic has never stated that that's the case, so who knows?02br
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0Ok, I would say "sci-fi movies", or "science fiction", but I don't think saying "science-fiction movies" is a very odd thing to say. I searched myspace for that, and lots of native speakers seems to like "science fiction movies". So I guess it's not such an oddity... What's wrong with it, Marius? Would you say "science-fictional movie" instead? 050010id1
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0Not to answer for Marius, but he supported 'science fiction'.0-
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11cite20Tanit22cite20I got the idea that in Angliholic's posts the first sentence usually comes from a book, from an article etc., while the second sentence is an attempt to rephrase part of the sentence.22blockquote
20 Me too. But Angliholic has nev

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