Timeline for "I like to see a movie" or "I like to see movies"?
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| Jan 15, 2023 at 17:32 | comment | added | OJFord | (BrE) I'd say 'watching movies' (well, 'films', but that's not my point) is more common, 'to watch' to me sounds either contrapositive to a suggestion that you don't like to, or like you're talking about a specific habit as in your second example - 'what do you do at the weekend?', 'I like to watch movies'. | |
| Jan 15, 2023 at 11:15 | comment | added | Stuart F | This matches my intuitions. I think you'd also be more likely to use "a movie" when talking about going to the cinema, for the reason that it shows one movie at a time. But it's not a question of right or wrong. | |
| Jan 14, 2023 at 12:29 | history | answered | James K | CC BY-SA 4.0 |