alc24  +  856412 Tue, 11 Aug 09 02:16 AM Could someone tell me if the following are correct?   1 The magnetic field attracts anything magnetic.      OK 2 He wants to know what color car you want.       OK 3 In a movie, 5 minutes of the characters time isn't 5 whole minutes, It's not minute for minute.     OK    4 The setenece above is talking about the movie's time frame in relation to actual time (can the part in bold be said and is it grammatically correct, and how would you say it if its incorrect?)(this sentence has to do with the 3rd, what I'm trying to say is that one real minute isn't equal to one minute in a movie, for example when a bomb is going to go off in 30 minutes in a movie, the audience only has to wait 10 mintues to see the bomb go off.)   5 The computer takes forever to start after its be shut off abruptly.     thank you alc24 Sentences, Colours, Speaking, Chat, Friendships

	Best answer by Mr Wordy  +  856507 Tue, 11 Aug 09 03:48 AM 1 The magnetic field attracts anything magnetic.  -- OK, but "the magnetic field" means you are talking about some specific magnetic field that you've already mentioned or is otherwise known to the reader.   2 He wants to know what color car you want.  -- OK   3 In a movie, five minutes of the character's time isn't five whole minutes. [Period, not comma.] It's not minute for minute.   4 The sentence above is talking about the movie's time frame in relation to actual time. -- I would hyphenate "time-frame". This sentence is OK I suppose, but it's arguably not totally clear what it's trying to say. Possibly you could just say "The movie is not in real time"?   5 The computer takes forever to restart after it's been shut off abruptly. -- "start" is not wrong, but "restart" seems better. Mr Wordy

	alc24  +  856424 Tue, 11 Aug 09 02:31 AM one more thing could the following be said:   the films time frame deals with... The movie's 50's time frame set the trend for the movie. The decade he spends trying to win her over lends the film its time frame and its coherence.     Thank you alc24

	alc24  +  856952 Tue, 11 Aug 09 11:25 AM Can anyone tell if the 3 above setneces are correct, and I also wanted to know If "It's not minute for minute" is correct and conveys what I'm trying to say   can you also say :   His eluding the police for more than a decade gave the movie it's time-frame.   thank you                                               alc24

	Mr Wordy  +  857029 Tue, 11 Aug 09 12:51 PM alc24 “ the films time frame deals with... The movie's 50's time frame set the trend for the movie. The decade he spends trying to win her over lends the film its time frame and its coherence. ”     These all seem odd to me. Mr Wordy

	Mr Wordy  +  857030 Tue, 11 Aug 09 12:59 PM alc24 “I also wanted to know If "It's not minute for minute" is correct and conveys what I'm trying to say”     It's possible, but it may not be the best way of saying this.   alc24 “His eluding the police for more than a decade gave the movie it's its time-frame.”   Seems odd to me. I don't think "time-frame" is quite right.            Mr Wordy

	alc24  +  857097 Tue, 11 Aug 09 02:04 PM  Than what about number 4 and the very top (time frame in relation to the actual time" how would you say that other than the way uou have "the movie isn't in real time" Would you use time frame, Can you give me some setneces with time frame?     Thank you alc24 Writing, Numbers

	Mr Wordy  +  857189 Tue, 11 Aug 09 03:04 PM alc24 “Then what about number 4 at the very top (time frame in relation to the actual time)? How would you say that other than the way you have ("the movie isn't in real time")? ”   I can't think of any concise way to say this other than the one I suggested. If you want more clarity you can give an explicit example. For example, "The movie is not in real time; for example, a day in the film's story might take up only five minutes of screen time." As a standalone sentence, this seems somewhat pointless because it's true of practically every (fictional) film ever made. One would really need to weave these points into a context that made it clear why they were important.   alc24 “Would you use time frame? Can you give me some sentences with time frame?”   "time-frame" is usually used of the scheduling of a project or undertaking. It doesn't seem very natural to me to use it in reference to the chronology of fictional events portrayed in a film.   For example sentences, see http://news.google.com/news/search?q=time-frame   Mr Wordy Writing, Sentences, References, Business, Career, Context, Numbers

	alc24  +  857673 Tue, 11 Aug 09 10:20 PM How would you say number 4 then? alc24 Writing, Numbers