New2grammar  +  552198 Thu, 07 Aug 08 05:53 PM You are in the cinema watching the lastest movie, say Batman. A kid has been making noises from time to time but it hasn't been bothering you much because you sit relatively far away from the family and the sound of the movie pretty much drowns his noise. Occasionally, people sitting around the family "shhh" the kid and the parents shut him out. Halfway into the movie, he becomes uncontrollably and it is disturbing everyone in the theatre. The people around the family has become tired of warning them and the parents are not doing anything. The best part of the movie is running and there are no staff members around. What will you do? Are there any mistakes? Thanks. New2grammar Joined on Tue, Nov 21 2006 Veteran Member 7,676 Who wants to go sailing around the world with me?

	RayH  +  552241 Thu, 07 Aug 08 07:53 PM You are in the cinema watching the latest movie, say Batman. A kid has been making noise from time to time but it hasn't been bothering you much because you sit relatively far away from the family and the sound of the movie pretty much drowns him out noise. Occasionally, people sitting around the family "shhh" the kid and the parents quite him down. shut him out. Halfway into the movie, he becomes uncontrollable uncontrollably and it is disturbing everyone in the theater. The people around the family have has become tired of warning him them and the parents are not doing anything. People are missing the best part of the movie The best part of the movie is running and there are no staff members around. What will do you do? RayH Joined on Sat, Mar 22 2008 CA, USA Contributing Member 1,269 Native speaker of U. S. English. Not a grammar expert.

	New2grammar  +  552248 Thu, 07 Aug 08 08:16 PM Thanks, RayH. 1 What's wrong with "The best part of the movie is running"? 2. What's wrong with " What will you do?"? New2grammar

	yizhivika  +  552264 Thu, 07 Aug 08 08:46 PM Hi New2grammar, There is, of course, more than one way of writing this passage, and here's my take: You are in the cinema watching the latest movie, (let's) say Batman. A kid has been making some noise from time to time, but it hasn't been bothering you too much because you are sitting relatively far away from the family, and the sound of the movie is pretty much drowning out his noise. Occasionally, people sitting around the family "shhh" the kid and the parents shut him up. Halfway into the movie (however), he becomes uncontrollable and it is disturbing everyone in the theatre. The people around the family have become tired of warning them, and the parents are no longer doing anything. The best part of the movie is (now) showing and there are no staff members around. What would you do? yizhivika Joined on Fri, Jul 25 2008 London, England Full Member 216 Grammar