[Grammar] I can't wait to gobble up all that nostalgia...

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Consider this sentence of mine, please:


I can't wait to gobble up all that nostalgia and so much more, once Disney+hotstar releases the movie tomorrow! ("Disney+hotstar" is an Indian streaming service)


For the above sentence, which one of the following interpretations is possible?


1) I can't wait to gobble up all that nostalgia and so much more, once Disney+hotstar releases the movie tomorrow! (the underlined clause modifies the main verb "wait")

2) I can't wait to gobble up all that nostalgia and so much more, once Disney+hotstar releases the movie tomorrow! (the underlined clause modifies the verb "to gobble up")
 
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Is "tomorrow" the name of something that's going to be released some day? I don't think that's what you mean, but it's what the sentence looks like, making allowances for the missing quotation marks.
 
I don't think you can gobble up nostalgia. Perhaps:

I can't wait to see the new movies that are going to be released tomorrow.
 
The sentence is incorrect, so there's little point in trying to analyse the grammar. Focus on trying to understand what the speaker is clumsily trying to say.
 
Sorry, teachers. It was my fault. The verb "release" in the original sentence lacks an object. I've just corrected it.
 
Focus on trying to understand what the speaker is clumsily trying to say.
Actually, this sentence was written by NAL.

It was at my suggestion that s/he should say 'this sentence of mine' when asking us to consider a self-made sentence.
 
Actually, this sentence was written by NAL.

It was at my suggestion that s/he should say 'this sentence of mine' when asking us to consider a self-made sentence.

NAL is "he" though. :)
 
This thread was posted and answered in WordReference before being posted here.

In the other forum you stated that somebody else wrote the sentence.

Please explain.
 
Furthermore, this is not the first time you have posted a thread here after receiving replies from WordReference.

Please do not post the same question simultaneously to more than one forum. Doing so wastes our valuable time. Instead, post your question to one forum and wait for replies. If you're not satisfied with those replies, you can try another forum, but please indicate in your thread that you've already asked the same question elsewhere (provide a link), and outline why you were not satisfied with the answers you received already.
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I don't think you can gobble up nostalgia.

If you can binge on Netflix series or boxsets, I think gobbling up nostalgia is OK.
 
If you can binge on Netflix series or boxsets, I think gobbling up nostalgia is OK.

And maybe popcorn too.
;-)
 
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