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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Is 'snail paced' a term?

Hi teachers
Is it natural
This movie is snail paced.
A snail paced movie.
  

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Oh, the idiom is not so common anymore, I think. Now we just think of 'snail mail'.

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  • Oh, the idiom is not so common anymore, I think.
  • Now we just think of 'snail mail'.
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Oh, the idiom is not so common anymore, I think. Now we just think of 'snail mail'.
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No. "Snail paced" (or, with the appropriate hyphen, "snail-paced") is not used. The movie moved at a snail's pace. "At a snail's pace" is invariable.
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