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What ´s the extra word?
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ARaquelSP
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I would also take "film" out, but now it seems all possibilities are ok!
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15 Oct 2009
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ARaquelSP
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I think I will opt by telling students that we can take out either film or romance.
Thanks everybody for your help!
Raquel
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15 Oct 2009
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Jayho
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Hi Nikadixon
Sorry - I should have clarified - I was responding to the comment Both words seem correct alone, but strange together...
I think that in the example given in the initial post the extra word is romance because we need film to determine whether it is a book, film or even a play. We don ´t have the full context and therefore can ´t say for sure which is the extra word (edit, however I see in a later post that more context is given but, if we say seen it could mean a film or a theatrical play)
Cheers - Jayho
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15 Oct 2009
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Yes, I quite agree with you, Jayho, they don ´t sound strange together at all, I just didn ´t want to emphasize this sentence, sticking to Raquel´s title what´s the extra word? to keep the issue in the right track or, at least, the one I thought was right, meaning:
1.there are 2 words: romance & film;
2.one must be taken,
3.which one?
(I ´m not too sure this was what Ana really wanted now, there could be a crosslinguistical issue there, as I mentioned before).
Cheers, everybody,
ij
edit: quoting Jayho!
What𠏋 odd is that it𠏋 going to be a romance film. That´s reaaaaaally odd, Jayho, I agree.  The subject would work better as a horror film. But, who am I to say? My American, 32 yo, military in Iraq, conservative nephew would argue with me: the subject would rather make an epical film - and he takes a kick out of arguing with left-handed auntie - if she let him to... (Good night, all: 12:34 here and still a lot of work to be done ; chit-chatting with cyberpals, anh? )
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15 Oct 2009
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alien boy
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SImply, in this case ´romance � is an adjective. It describes the type of film. If you leave ´film � out it then leaves ´romance � to act as a noun. This is confusing because ´romance � can then be interpreted as many different things.
Jayho´s last post was very clear & concise.
Regards,
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15 Oct 2009
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JModesto
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I think romance it ´s more accurate to use with books which belong to this kind of genre.
When talking about films, we must use romantic film instead of romance film.
Bye
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15 Oct 2009
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alien boy
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JModesto - very good point. It is definitely more common to hear ´romantic film � than ´romance film �.
However ´romance � could be considered a genre of movie just like ´horror � and in that case it could be used correctly.
Cheers,
AB |
15 Oct 2009
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libertybelle
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How about a good old fashioned - love film?? 
(you know - the kind yucky kissing as kids often say)
L
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15 Oct 2009
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alien boy
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In Japan the kids would call them ´love-love � movies or should that be ´lub-lub � movies!
WHere I grew up they might well call them ´suck-face � movies...
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15 Oct 2009
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