You identify yourself more with dead bodies rather than living human beings.

[tufguy]

You identify yourself more with dead bodies rather than living human beings.

What does this sentence mean? I heard it in one of the saw movies I think it was saw 3. John Kramer AKA Jigsaw says it.

 

[Tarheel]

I suggest that you look up identify.

(It's one of those slasher movies, so they aren't normal people.)

 

[emsr2d2]

How many times have we told you that you must capitalise film titles correctly? You must also make them look different from the rest of the sentence. Write your post again, with the title in "quotation marks", italics or bold.

 

[emsr2d2]

(It's one of those slasher movies, so they aren't normal people.)

Who are "they"? The people in those movies or people who watch them?

 

[Tarheel]

Who are "they"? The people in those movies or people who watch them?

Either or both.
;-)

More specifically, I was referring to the people in the conversation--characters in the movie.

 

[emsr2d2]

"yourself" doesn't work in the original sentence, tufguy. You can identify yourself as something, identify as something or identify with something.

I am going to identify myself as "Sam" if the police ask my name.
I identify as non-binary.
I identify with those kids - I was bullied at school too.

 

[tufguy]

"yourself" doesn't work in the original sentence, tufguy. You can identify yourself as something, identify as something or identify with something.

I am going to identify myself as "Sam" if the police ask my name.
I identify as non-binary.
I identify with those kids - I was bullied at school too.

I identify with those kids - I was bullied at school too.

What does this sentence mean "I identify with those kids"? What does it mean when we use identify with "With"?

 

[tufguy]

How many times have we told you that you must capitalise film titles correctly? You must also make them look different from the rest of the sentence. Write your post again, with the title in "quotation marks", italics or bold.

Sorry, for this mistake.

Correction to post 1: You identify yourself more with dead bodies rather than living human beings.

What does this sentence mean? I heard it in one of the Saw movies I think it was Saw 3. John Kramer AKA Jigsaw says it.

 

[probus]

You are being a bit lazy tufguy, but I will indulge you this time. Identify with is the same as identify as.

People can identify as members of any group simply by considering themselves members of that group. They may declare and display that membership openly, or they may be quiet about it.

The group can be anything: a religion, a political party or viewpoint, a culture, anything at all.

For example, right now I am vacationing in Mexico. My Mexican friends identify as Roman Catholics, although they are mostly atheists. But they are conservative and identify with Catholics for reasons of tradition and culture. Similarly, back home I have many friends who identify as Jews but never go near a synagogue.

It is always purely a matter of choice. Some people identify as intellectuals and don't mind being labelled as such. Others are in fact intellectuals but detest the label and refuse to identify as such.

 

[GoesStation]

How many times have we told you that you must capitalise film titles correctly? You must also make them look different from the rest of the sentence. Write your post again, with the title in "quotation marks", italics or bold.

I've added emphasis to the above.

I heard it in one of the Saw movies I think it was Saw 3. John Kramer AKA Jigsaw says it.

What have you failed to do with the movie titles?

 

[tufguy]

I've added emphasis to the above.

What have you failed to do with the movie titles?

I did capitalise the name of the movie.

Should it be written as SAW or Saw three?

 

[GoesStation]

Write your post again, with the title in "quotation marks", italics or bold.

Read the underlined part again.

I did capitalise the name of the movie.

Should it be written as SAW or Saw three?

Neither. Capitalize the first letter of each important word in a title. Both "saw" and "three" are important words.

 

[Tarheel]

That's three movies I'm glad I missed.

Tufguy, I'm guessing it uses the numeral (3).

 

[emsr2d2]

Tufguy, if you are even slightly unsure as to how to write a film title, look it up on imdb.com and copy the title exactly as it's written at the top of the listing. As you can see from that link, it is written as "Saw III". (Those are the Roman numerals for 3, by the way.)

Now let's go back to the other point that has been prompting people to make comments. I specifically explained that you must, as well as using correct capitalisation, make the title of the film clearly separate from the rest of the sentence. I suggested that you use "quotation marks", italics or bold. You used none of them.

Here are the three ways it could look:

I heard this line in "Saw III" and I don't understand it. (Quotation marks)
I heard this line in Saw III and I don't understand it. (Italics)
I heard this line in Saw III and I don't understand it. (Bold)

 

[Herewego]

Tufguy, if you are even slightly unsure as to how to write a film title, look it up on imdb.com and copy the title exactly as it's written at the top of the listing. As you can see from that link, it is written as "Saw III". (Those are the Roman numerals for 3, by the way.)

Now let's go back to the other point that has been prompting people to make comments. I specifically explained that you must, as well as using correct capitalisation, make the title of the film clearly separate from the rest of the sentence. I suggested that you use "quotation marks", italics or bold. You used none of them.

Here are the three ways it could look:

I heard this line in "Saw III" and I don't understand it. (Quotation marks)
I heard this line in Saw III and I don't understand it. (Italics)
I heard this line in Saw III and I don't understand it. (Bold)

Wow. You have a knack for making a mountain out of a molehill. I highly doubt font styles impede understanding.

Not a teacher

 

[jutfrank]

I highly doubt font styles impede understanding.

I guarantee you they do. Not always, but they do.

 

[Alexey86]

I guarantee you they do. Not always, but they do.

This is certainly true for me as a non-native English speaker.