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The movie was _____the book. vs The movie was good as____the book.

The two phrases are not comparable as they are incomplete. The first phrase is missing a word to complete the comparison, while the second phrase is missing a word and has a grammatical error. Each phrase needs revision.
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The movie was _____the book.

This phrase is incomplete and needs a word to complete the comparison.

To make this phrase correct, you need to add a word that describes the relationship between the movie and the book, such as 'better than,' 'worse than,' 'different from,' etc.
  • No offense, Mr. Film Fanatic, But I don't think the movie was nearly as good as the book.
  • Probably the movie, not the book.
  • Not the movie, the book.
  • The girl who rents the movie the night before a paper's due because her attention deficit disorder got in the way of her reading the book.
  • Instachat, Snapchat, A.I.M., nothing but posts on Rush and "Fifty Shades of Grey", the movie, not the book.
  • In the movie, not the book.
  • Look, I believe in the book. I want to make the movie.
  • By the way, the truth is... the movie... is much better than the book.
  • I want the movie rights to this book.
  • We condensed the time period in the movie from the book, and so Silver Star was sick for many more days.
  • I read the books long before I even saw the movie, ese.
  • Maybe if you'd read the book instead of watching the movie...
  • One thousandth of a single percent of the people that went to see the movie read the book.
  • I hate it when they put the movie poster on the cover of the book that the movie is based on.
  • [Chuckles] Look, between the movie and the book... people know the truth.
  • I have to call my agent and tell him to cancel the book and the movie.
  • We're all going to compare the book of Pride and Prejudice to the movie.
  • I know the movie was kind of heavy.
  • What shocked me about the movie was the size of it.
  • But the movie was still enjoyable for me.

The movie was good as____the book.

This phrase is incomplete and contains a grammatical error.

To correct this phrase, you could say 'the movie was as good as the book.' This structure is used to compare the quality of two things.
  • No offense, Mr. Film Fanatic, But I don't think the movie was nearly as good as the book.
  • Probably the movie, not the book.
  • Not the movie, the book.
  • When I was in was good, they gave me the book.
  • Instachat, Snapchat, A.I.M., nothing but posts on Rush and "Fifty Shades of Grey", the movie, not the book.
  • In the movie, not the book.
  • Look, I believe in the book. I want to make the movie.
  • The girl who rents the movie the night before a paper's due because her attention deficit disorder got in the way of her reading the book.
  • By the way, the truth is... the movie... is much better than the book.
  • I know the movie was kind of heavy.
  • What shocked me about the movie was the size of it.
  • But the movie was still enjoyable for me.
  • Straight up, Vinnie, the movie was awful.
  • I heard the studio thinks the movie was cursed.
  • The movie was released on September 13, 1985.
  • The movie was written for his physical capacities and his sensibility.
  • The movie was conceived as being without dialogue.
  • After this festival, the movie was screened to other audiences...
  • Earl, making the movie wasn't his only dream.
  • The movie was so sad that everybody cried.

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