bhaisahab Moderator Staff member Joined Apr 12, 2008 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country England Current Location Ireland Jun 14, 2015 #21 No, the former is better.
Matthew Wai VIP Member Joined Nov 29, 2013 Member Type Native Language Chinese Home Country China Current Location China Jun 14, 2015 #22 learningspirit said: speaking from the prepared text. Click to expand... Is it ungrammatical?
bhaisahab Moderator Staff member Joined Apr 12, 2008 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country England Current Location Ireland Jun 14, 2015 #23 No. This is clumsy and unnatural: "Try not to deviate too much from speaking from the prepared text."
No. This is clumsy and unnatural: "Try not to deviate too much from speaking from the prepared text."
Matthew Wai VIP Member Joined Nov 29, 2013 Member Type Native Language Chinese Home Country China Current Location China Jun 15, 2015 #24 bhaisahab said: speaking from the prepared text Click to expand... May I take 'from' to mean 'according to'? teechar said: I would prefer "reading the prepared text." Click to expand... I think an actor in a movie 'speaks' instead of 'reads' the prepared text, but I am not a teacher.
bhaisahab said: speaking from the prepared text Click to expand... May I take 'from' to mean 'according to'? teechar said: I would prefer "reading the prepared text." Click to expand... I think an actor in a movie 'speaks' instead of 'reads' the prepared text, but I am not a teacher.
T tedmc VIP Member Joined Apr 16, 2014 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language Chinese Home Country Malaysia Current Location Malaysia Jun 15, 2015 #25 The act of reading is done by holding the script. An actor cannot be reading the script/text while acting. It is more likely that he recites the script from memory.
The act of reading is done by holding the script. An actor cannot be reading the script/text while acting. It is more likely that he recites the script from memory.
Matthew Wai VIP Member Joined Nov 29, 2013 Member Type Native Language Chinese Home Country China Current Location China Jun 15, 2015 #26 I think radio actors and movie actors read the text and speak the text respectively in a play, but I am not a teacher.
I think radio actors and movie actors read the text and speak the text respectively in a play, but I am not a teacher.