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Debpriya De Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Set in

We often hear sentences like "The movie/novel is set in the 19th century"
Is it possible to paraphrase the sentence without using "set" ?
  

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Debpriya De Is it possible to paraphrase the sentence without using "set" ? Yes. [The movie / The action of the movie] takes place in the 19th century.

— CalifJim

  • Debpriya De Is it possible to paraphrase the sentence without using "set" ?
  • Yes.
  • [The movie / The action of the movie] takes place in the 19th century.
  • CJ
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Debpriya DeIs it possible to paraphrase the sentence without using "set" ?
Yes. [The movie / The action of the movie] takes place in the 19th century.

CJ
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