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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Many firsts are
fter Garv and Wanted, Salman Khan has once again endorsed the khaki uniform to entertain his fans, but this time as a corrupt one in Dabangg.
Too many firsts are attached with the movie, set in the dusty, rugged, rural milieu of Uttar Pradesh. This Abhinav Kashyap directorial debut presents Bollwyood's heartthrob in a completely desi avatar. In fact, the director has chosen his character's name as Chulbul Pandey - quite common in the hinterland.
Please explain to me the highlighted parts.
Source : http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?Section=Movies&ID=ENTEN20100152448&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA&keyword=bollywood&nid=50353
Too many firsts are attached with the movie, set in the dusty, rugged, rural milieu of Uttar Pradesh. This Abhinav Kashyap directorial debut presents Bollwyood's heartthrob in a completely desi avatar. In fact, the director has chosen his character's name as Chulbul Pandey - quite common in the hinterland.
Please explain to me the highlighted parts.
Source : http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?Section=Movies&ID=ENTEN20100152448&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA&keyword=bollywood&nid=50353
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It seems to be saying that the movie is associated with many "firsts", which means that various things about the movie are novel or are happening for the first time. e. first film) of Sonakshi Sinha.
- It seems to be saying that the movie is associated with many "firsts", which means that various things about the movie are novel or are happening for the first time.
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- first film) of Sonakshi Sinha.
- "too many" has a negative sense, but this is not borne out or explained by the subsequent text, which leaves one wondering whether the negative sense was actually intended.
- "attached with" is also unnatural.
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It seems to be saying that the movie is associated with many "firsts", which means that various things about the movie are novel or are happening for the first time. For example, it goes on to say that it's Arbaaz Khan's first production venture and the launch vehicle (i.e. first film) of Sonakshi Sinha.
"too many" has a negative sense, but this is not borne out or explained by the subse
"too many" has a negative sense, but this is not borne out or explained by the subse
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Mr WordyVarious other mistakes in the full article lead me to think that this was not written by a native English speaker.Possibly these "not written by a native English speaker" comments are a getting bit superfluous. Probably we can assume that most of the Indian-sourced content that you post about Bollywood and so on is written by Indians whose English is
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Yes you are correct.
BTW: Thank you Wordy for your replies in my threads.
BTW: Thank you Wordy for your replies in my threads.
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