The movie was as good as the book. vs the movie was as good the book.

The correct phrase is "the movie was as good as the book." The second phrase is incorrect because it is missing the preposition "as." The correct phrase is commonly used to compare the quality of a movie to that of a book.

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The movie was as good as the book.

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to compare the quality of a movie to that of a book, indicating that they are equally good.

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No offense, Mr. Film Fanatic, But I don't think the movie was nearly as good as the book.
He was as good as any hearing child.
I figured that was as good as anything.
He was as good as Saddam's right hand.
I was as good as the other registrars.
And what they were arguing about was this: whether the second Harry Potter movie was as good as the first.
It was as good as new under all the rubble.
The minute we found his prints on that knife, the case was as good as closed.
Last night, that guy was as good as dead, but a little bit of this, and he just walks away.
Maybe if I was as good as you, I wouldn't care about anybody else either.
DaddY said if You pretend well enough, it was as good as the real thing.
You know that Lana was as good as you.
Nothing I ever did was as good as Mark.
Molly was as good as gold till she was 14.
So maybe he... he convinced himself that he was as good as his brother.
I just got to know if Ivy town was as good as it gets for us, because we've come back here.
The first tests with the extraction installation had confirmed that the quality of the phosphoric acid produced was as good as that using the thermal process.
I always understood, and in fact I believe it to be true, that Equitable was as good as any UK life office sales force in giving the right information to our clients .
I was pleased with aspects of the deal, the compromise over nuclear power for example was as good as we could get.
I'm just saying that I wish I was as good as you are walking the tightrope that is college.

the movie was as good the book.

This phrase is incorrect as it is missing the preposition "as."

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The movie was as good as the book. vs the movie was as good the book.