The movie was _the book. vs The movie was good asthe 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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Last updated: September 07, 2024

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.

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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.

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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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