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Anintita Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

See or watch in this context?

Titanic is such a good movie that everyone should see. or
Titanic is such a good movie that everyone should watch.
Which one is correct?

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Both "see" and "watch" may be used, but the sentence potentially reads awkwardly, potentially seeming to be a mix-up of these quite different structures: 1) Titanic is such a good movie that everyone should watch/see it. 2) Titanic is a good movie that everyone should watch/see. While it is not impossible to use "such a good movie" just as an intensified form of "a good movie", when it is immediately followed by "that" the reader is led to expect that a "such ...

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  • Both "see" and "watch" may be used, but the sentence potentially reads awkwardly, potentially seeming to be a mix-up of these quite different structures: 1) Titanic is such a good movie that everyone should watch/see it.
  • 2) Titanic is a good movie that everyone should watch/see.
  • While it is not impossible to use "such a good movie" just as an intensified form of "a good movie", when it is immediately followed by "that" the reader is led to expect that a "such ...
  • " pattern is being used.
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Both "see" and "watch" may be used, but the sentence potentially reads awkwardly, potentially seeming to be a mix-up of these quite different structures:

1) Titanic is such a good movie that everyone should watch/see it.
2) Titanic is a good movie that everyone should watch/see.

While it is not impossible to use "such a good movie" just as an intensified form of "a good movie
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