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Jan. 3, 2021

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Stranger Things

Recently I watched season 1&2 of "Stranger Things", which is a Netflix original SF drama series. I like such kind of mysterious scientific movies and can't help but staying up late to watch the next episode. However, the plot got increasingly boring as the movie went by because stranger things happened in the story were easily turned to be monsters in the different world. (..because you could easily find even in the first series that stranger things happened in the story are derived from monsters in the different world.)
If you lived in or are familiar with 80's American culture, you would find 80's lifestyles and musics in the story, and then feel nostalgic for your old memories. Anyway, I was a bit disappointed that strangers things are nothing more than strange monsters.

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Recently I watched seasons 1& and 2 of "Stranger Things", which is a Netflix original SF drama series.

The "&" symbol is not really the same as "and". It's maybe not *grammatically* wrong to use "&", but it's quite unnatural.

I like suchthat kind of mysterious scientific moviesce-fiction show, and can't help but staying up late to watch the next episode.

Let me know if you want an explanation of any of the corrections here... it's not quite the easiest to explain.

Separately though, "scientific" is a bit of a weird descriptor for a fictional show. There are situations where you could use it, but it will definitely draw attention. And, for "Stranger Things" in particular, I don't think people would describe it as "scientific".

Finally, "Stranger Things" is a show, not a movie.

However, the plot got increasingly boring as the movieshow went by because the stranger things that happened in the story were easily turned out to be monsters in the different world.

I'm not sure if my correction has the same meaning as what you originally wrote.

(..because you could easily find, even in the first seriesason, that the stranger things that happened in the story awere derived fromcaused by monsters in thea different world. )

If you lived in or are familiar with 80's American culture, you wouldill find 80's lifestyles and musics in the story, and then feel nostalgic for your old memories.

"old memories" aren't something that one feels nostalgic for. Because of the "old memories", one "feels nostalgic" for, in this case, 80's American culture, but one does usually not "feel nostalgic" for the memories themselves.

Anyway, I was a bit disappointed that the "strangers things a" were nothing more than strange monsters.

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Jan. 3, 2021

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I like suchthat kind of mysterious scientific moviesce-fiction show, and can't help but staying up late to watch the next episode.

Thank you for your explanation! I can understand why "scientific" doesn't fit here.

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If you lived in or are familiar with 80's American culture, you wouldill find 80's lifestyles and musics in the story, and then feel nostalgic for your old memories.

Why aren't "old memories" something that one feels nostalgic for? I think that you can say "I feel nostalgic for my childhood".
"The story will reminds you of your old memory if you lived in 80's America." is correct?

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Jan. 3, 2021

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Why aren't "old memories" something that one feels nostalgic for? I think that you can say "I feel nostalgic for my childhood". "The story will reminds you of your old memory if you lived in 80's America." is correct?

Yes, you can say that. (Well, it should be "The story will reminds you of your old memories if you lived in 80's America.")

However, "to feel nostalgic for X" means, more or less, to be "reminded of one's memories of X". (So if you "feel nostalgic for your memories", it's like saying that you are thinking of your "memories of your memories", which sort of implies you lost your memories or something like that. Or rather, in the situations where it'd be natural to say that one feels "nostalgic for their memories", that is what it would mean). In contrast, when using the adjective "nostalgic", you could say "nostalgic memories", though I think saying that you "are nostalgic for X" is still much more common.

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tommy

Jan. 4, 2021

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Thank you for explaining in detail! I can figure out what you said.

Stranger Things

Recently I watched seasons 1& and 2 of "Stranger Things", which is a Netflix original SFscience-fiction drama series.

"&" can be used in titles, proper nouns, etc., but not regular text.

In writing "SF" in place of "science-fiction", we save maybe 10 characters (virtually no benefit), and introduce possible confusion. It's best to use acronyms only when they're universally known (e.g. CPU) or after you've introduced them ("...science fiction (SF)..."). Furthermore, there has to be a good reason to introduce an acronym.

I like suchthis kind of mysterious scientific moviesce fiction and can't help but staying up late to watch the next episode.

There's some nuance here:

"stay up late to watch the next episode" => you're waiting for it to be on (not watching it)
"stay up late watching the next episode" => you're watching it

However, the plot gotets increasingly boring as the movie went byprogresses because the stranger things that happened in the story were easilyalways turned out to be monsters in thea different world.

(..because you could easily findIn fact, it is easy to identify how, even in the first series, that the stranger things happeneding in the story are derived from monsters in thea different world. )

If you lived in or are familiar with 80's American culture, you would findthe 80's lifestyles and musics in the story, and then will make you feel nostalgic for your old memories.

"your old memories" is built into the definition of "nostalgia", so it's repetitious to add this.

Anyway, I was a bit disappointed that the strangers things are nothing more than strange monsters.

Note that "Anyway" would be appropriate for a conversation or blog post, but not in formal communications (e.g. a movie review).

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Jan. 4, 2021

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If you lived in or are familiar with 80's American culture, you would findthe 80's lifestyles and musics in the story, and then will make you feel nostalgic for your old memories.

Your corrections made my sentences clear and concise. Thank you!

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Recently I watched season 1&2 of "Stranger Things", which is a Netflix original SF drama series.


Recently I watched seasons 1& and 2 of "Stranger Things", which is a Netflix original SFscience-fiction drama series.

"&" can be used in titles, proper nouns, etc., but not regular text. In writing "SF" in place of "science-fiction", we save maybe 10 characters (virtually no benefit), and introduce possible confusion. It's best to use acronyms only when they're universally known (e.g. CPU) or after you've introduced them ("...science fiction (SF)..."). Furthermore, there has to be a good reason to introduce an acronym.

Recently I watched seasons 1& and 2 of "Stranger Things", which is a Netflix original SF drama series.

The "&" symbol is not really the same as "and". It's maybe not *grammatically* wrong to use "&", but it's quite unnatural.

I like such kind of mysterious scientific movies and can't help but staying up late to watch the next episode.


I like suchthis kind of mysterious scientific moviesce fiction and can't help but staying up late to watch the next episode.

There's some nuance here: "stay up late to watch the next episode" => you're waiting for it to be on (not watching it) "stay up late watching the next episode" => you're watching it

I like suchthat kind of mysterious scientific moviesce-fiction show, and can't help but staying up late to watch the next episode.

Let me know if you want an explanation of any of the corrections here... it's not quite the easiest to explain. Separately though, "scientific" is a bit of a weird descriptor for a fictional show. There are situations where you could use it, but it will definitely draw attention. And, for "Stranger Things" in particular, I don't think people would describe it as "scientific". Finally, "Stranger Things" is a show, not a movie.

However, the plot got increasingly boring as the movie went by because stranger things happened in the story were easily turned to be monsters in the different world.


However, the plot gotets increasingly boring as the movie went byprogresses because the stranger things that happened in the story were easilyalways turned out to be monsters in thea different world.

However, the plot got increasingly boring as the movieshow went by because the stranger things that happened in the story were easily turned out to be monsters in the different world.

I'm not sure if my correction has the same meaning as what you originally wrote.

(..because you could easily find even in the first series that stranger things happened in the story are derived from monsters in the different world. )


(..because you could easily findIn fact, it is easy to identify how, even in the first series, that the stranger things happeneding in the story are derived from monsters in thea different world. )

(..because you could easily find, even in the first seriesason, that the stranger things that happened in the story awere derived fromcaused by monsters in thea different world. )

If you lived in or are familiar with 80's American culture, you would find 80's lifestyles and musics in the story, and then feel nostalgic for your old memories.


If you lived in or are familiar with 80's American culture, you would findthe 80's lifestyles and musics in the story, and then will make you feel nostalgic for your old memories.

"your old memories" is built into the definition of "nostalgia", so it's repetitious to add this.

If you lived in or are familiar with 80's American culture, you wouldill find 80's lifestyles and musics in the story, and then feel nostalgic for your old memories.

"old memories" aren't something that one feels nostalgic for. Because of the "old memories", one "feels nostalgic" for, in this case, 80's American culture, but one does usually not "feel nostalgic" for the memories themselves.

Anyway, I was a bit disappointed that strangers things are nothing more than strange monsters.


Anyway, I was a bit disappointed that the strangers things are nothing more than strange monsters.

Note that "Anyway" would be appropriate for a conversation or blog post, but not in formal communications (e.g. a movie review).

Anyway, I was a bit disappointed that the "strangers things a" were nothing more than strange monsters.

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