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Languages

Ask questions or just talk about different languages. Since BrainKing is an international game site supporting many languages, this board can be kind of useful.

Since we will be dealing with pronunciation of words rather than their spelling, I think it's useful to have a link to The sounds of English and the International Phonetic Alphabet.

To see translations of some frequently used phrases and sentences in other languages see Languages

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24. Septiembre 2009, 12:33:00

King Reza

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Hi. Is there any difference between a movie's being set in China and it's taking place in China?

24. Septiembre 2009, 13:03:57

Pedro Martínez

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King Reza: I would certainly write “the movie is set in China,” but as far as the meaning is concerned, I think there is no difference at all.

24. Septiembre 2009, 15:32:20

Bwild

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Pedro Martínez: tell that to Hollywood

"set" would be where a movie is actually filmed. "taking place" would be where the movies story line occurred.

24. Septiembre 2009, 15:40:20

King Reza

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Bwild: I guess the difference is obvious now, except, I think it must be the reverse. Otherwise the sentence in my book "It's a new action movie that is set in ancient China. Michelle Yeoh is in it." would be meaningless as there's no ancient China today to film the movie there.

24. Septiembre 2009, 16:07:05

rod03801

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Modificado por rod03801 (24. Septiembre 2009, 16:07:27)

King Reza: Like so much else in English, it can be used different ways. My personal opinion is that both are the same, in your original post. If someone said the movie takes place in NYC but the set is in LA, it would be saying that the story itself is set(verb)in NYC, but the movie set(noun) is in LA.

24. Septiembre 2009, 16:08:57

King Reza

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rod03801: Thanks. So basically they're more or less the same thing.

24. Septiembre 2009, 15:38:28

King Reza

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Pedro Martínez: Thanks for the reply. I've seen both sentences in a book and from the context, I'd say there's difference in meaning as the book is teaching verbs used when people talk about movies. But I can't figure out what it is.

Here's what the book says ( there are two ads for two movies) :

1) It's a tragedy that takes place in Delhi, so it's in Hindi, but it's subtitled.

2) It's a new action movie that is set in ancient China. Michelle Yeoh is in it.

I'd appreciate a few more comments.

24. Septiembre 2009, 17:10:24

Bwild

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King Reza: "It's a new action movie that is set in ancient China. Michelle Yeoh is in it."
"is set" in this instance ....
"being set" was your 1st example. "Hi. Is there any difference between a movie's being set in China and it's taking place in China?"

24. Septiembre 2009, 17:29:32

King Reza

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Bwild: being comes form is, doesn't it. I just used it in a different sentence and naturally I used being instead of is. I couldn't say " Is there any difference between a movie's IS set in China and it's taking place in China."

Anyway, now, is there any difference between these two sentences?

The movie takes place in China.

The movie is set in China.

24. Septiembre 2009, 17:33:39

King Reza

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Bwild: I reread my sentences and I got how I had written them poorly.

I should have written: Is there a difference between a movie's being set in China and ITS ( not it's) taking place there.

24. Septiembre 2009, 18:45:03

Pedro Martínez

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King Reza: This doesn't make any sense to me. Your original question did though.

24. Septiembre 2009, 18:51:49

Bwild

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Pedro Martínez: since it doesnt make any sense, might I add my two cents?

24. Septiembre 2009, 18:53:32

Pedro Martínez