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  • Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Lesson 316. The title of today's lesson is

  • "Don't Say Actor When You Should Say Character." Okay. Let's take a look at the

  • note here. If you say the word actor or use the actor's name and say he died in

  • a movie , it literally means the real actor died while making the movie. So

  • most of time when a student may say this or someone says it, they don't

  • really mean that. They just mean that their character died

  • in the movie. Unfortunately there have been a few cases where some real actors

  • did die making a movie, but it's very, very rare. It doesn't happen very often. But

  • when you're making the mistake, that's not really what you mean. You just

  • mean that their character died before the story ended. Okay. So let's take a

  • look here at the note. Of course you know , with the X that's wrong and with

  • the check that's correct. So the first one is wrong. My favorite actor died at the

  • end of that movie. No. Of course you, you should say the character played by my

  • favorite actor died at the end of that movie. Okay. That's the way you would say

  • that. Or here's one where you would say an actor's name. You know we'll just use

  • Brad Pitt as an example. So of course with the X this is wrong. Brad Pitt died

  • in that movie. If you say Brad Pitt died in that movie, unfortunately that would

  • mean that the real true actor died and we know that did not happen. So the

  • correct way to say it would be Brad Pitt's character died in that movie. Yes. That's

  • the way you should say it. All right. And last one here. At the end of Hamlet, you

  • know the Shakespeare play. Several actors died. No.

  • At the end of Hamlet , several characters died. Okay. Anyway, I hope you got it. I

  • hope it's clear. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.

Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Lesson 316. The title of today's lesson is

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