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Interventizio Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Zombie grammar

Hi
I'm trying to translate a text concerning zombies. I'd have a couple of questions:
1) I want to say: "Zombies as depicted in Romero's (the director) movies." Can I say: "Romero-like zombies?" I fear that'd be like saying that Romero is a zombie himself. What do you think?
2) I want to say that zombies in Romero's movies SNEAK UP on the living and GANG UP on them. Can I simply say: "They sneak up (leaving out the "on them") and gang up on them". Keeping the "ON THEM" for each verb would sound too redundant to my ear.
Thank you.
  

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Romero like zombies means that Romero himself is a zombie and you want to have more of the same kind. You could just say : Zombies in Romero's movies sneak and gang up on them. Hope this helps

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  • Romero like zombies means that Romero himself is a zombie and you want to have more of the same kind.
  • You could just say : Zombies in Romero's movies sneak and gang up on them.
  • Hope this helps
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Romero like zombies means that Romero himself is a zombie and you want to have more of the same kind.

You could just say : Zombies in Romero's movies sneak and gang up on them.

Hope this helps
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Interventizio1) I want to say: "Zombies as depicted in Romero's (the director) movies." Can I say: "Romero-like zombies?" I fear that'd be like saying that Romero is a zombie himself. What do you think?
If it's clear from your text that Romero is the director of these zombie films, you can go so far as to refer to Romero's zombies.
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