Mr Wordy  +  857716 Tue, 11 Aug 09 11:06 PM alc24 “ How would you say number 4 then? ”     Possibly you could say:   "The sentence above is talking about the difference between fictional time (the time elapsed in the characters' fictional lives) and screen time (the time taken to portray events on screen)."   There may be a better way of saying this. You could lose the explanations in brackets if you think it's clear without them. Mr Wordy Joined on Tue, May 27 2008 Senior Member 2,359 Native British English speaker Difference Between, Writing, Sentences, Speaking, Chat, Friendships, Numbers

	alc24  +  857801 Wed, 12 Aug 09 12:23 AM sorry I meant 3  In a movie, 5 minutes of the characters time isn't 5 whole minutes, It's not minute for minute.     OK      THE MINUTE FOR MINUTE PART alc24 Joined on Sat, Jul 25 2009 Contributing Member 1,438 Apologies

	alc24  +  857803 Wed, 12 Aug 09 12:26 AM Could you also say   The sentece talks about the fictional time in relation to screen time. alc24

	Mr Wordy  +  857847 Wed, 12 Aug 09 12:54 AM alc24 “ Could you also say   The sentece talks about the fictional time in relation to screen time. ”   "The sentence talks about the fictional time in relation to screen time."   Yes, with the amendments noted that seems OK to me.   Mr Wordy Sentences

	alc24  +  857876 Wed, 12 Aug 09 01:10 AM Thank you   Mr Wordy could you take a look at one thread for me please   http://www.englishforums.com/English/ComparisonsAsWithThan/kvdgj/post.htm   thank you alc24 Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Languages