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Help me please!
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Hanni9
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Help me please!
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Can you help me to solve the difference between " SEE A MOVIE" and "WATCH A MOVIE". Thanks.
Duong: What are you doing, girls?
Chau: We �re (1) ....a movie for our English class. It is going to be an old story
In my opinion, SEE is the answer.
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7 Oct 2012
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nhimyeu
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DEAR FRIEND,
SEE A MOVIE MEANS YOU WATCH A MOVIE AT THE CINEMAWATCH A MOVIE MEANS YOU WATCH A MOVIE ON TV.
REGARDS, NHIMYEU |
7 Oct 2012
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ueslteacher
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it �s very much like listen vs hear:) see a movie is like stating the fact focusing on the movie and watch referes more to the activity/process of looking paying attention to what happens. You CAN see a film on TV or a show, or a programme, but you cannot see television. E. g. -Have you seen this TV show? - Yes, I�ve seen it, but I usually watch only an hour of television a day, so perhaps it�s the only show I watch. Sophia
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7 Oct 2012
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libertybelle
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NHIMYEU - that is not correct!
AS ueslteacher wrote - it is much like to listen and to hear.
To listen is active and to hear is passive.
You can hear music in the background or coming from someone �s radio without really
listening to it.
If you listen - you are concentrating on that process.
But today - to see a film and watch a film is almost the same thing.
You can easily go and see a film in the cinema or see a film on TV.
To watch is a bit more active - but they are used almost in the same way today.
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7 Oct 2012
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ascincoquinas
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For further examples: watch
1look [intransitive and transitive] to look at someone or something for a period of time, paying attention to what is happening: Do you mind if I watch? 2be careful [transitive] to act carefully in order to avoid an accident or unwanted situation see past tense saw, past participle seen
1notice/examine [transitive not in progressive] to notice or examine someone or something, using your eyes: The moment we saw the house, we knew we wanted to buy it. 2notice something is true [transitive not in progressive] to notice that something is happening or that something is true ability to see [intransitive,transitive not in progressive] to be able to use your eyes to look at things and know what they are |
7 Oct 2012
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