Take my photo, take a photo of me
Please tell me, is there any difference when saying take his photo and take a photo of him? To me, the first one sounds awkward.
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Please tell me, is there any difference when saying take his photo and take a photo of him? To me, the first one sounds awkward.
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A native speaker (AmE at least) would say, "Take his picture" instead.
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Please tell me, is there any difference when saying take his photo and take a photo of him? To me, the first one sounds awkward.
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Please tell me, is there any difference when saying take his photo and take a photo of him? To me, the first one sounds awkward.
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A native speaker (AmE at least) would say, "Take his picture" instead.
– Jim
May 11 '12 at 7:23
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A native speaker (AmE at least) would say, "Take his picture" instead.
– Jim
May 11 '12 at 7:23
A native speaker (AmE at least) would say, "Take his picture" instead.
– Jim
May 11 '12 at 7:23
A native speaker (AmE at least) would say, "Take his picture" instead.
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"Take his photo" implies to me that it could be for a specific purpose or part of a process (for a journalistic reason, for documenting something, etc.):
The police took his photo, then took his fingerprints.
Last week at school, they took my photo for the yearbook.
"Take a photo of him" is used when it's done more in the casual, spontaneous sense of photography:
We took a photo of the protesters during the demonstration.
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Both are possible, depending on context. In BrEng both 'picture' and 'photo' occur (but you don't often hear 'snap' any more.)
answered May 11 '12 at 7:45
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True but, whereas "take a photo of him" necessarily indicates that the object of the image is this unidentified man, "take his photo" may also mean "an image which belongs to him or which he has taken" but which shows something completely different. Am I wrong about it?
– Paola
May 11 '12 at 10:37
@Paola: Yes, but only context would tell which was intended.
– Barrie England
May 11 '12 at 11:57
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You are correct, @Paola, but the most likely usage for "take his photo" is the act of using a camera, not carrying a print away from him. Likewise when you "take a shower", you could always be a plumber delivering some bathroom fixtures, but more likely you're just getting cleaned up.
– JeffSahol
May 11 '12 at 11:58
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"Take his photo" implies to me that it could be for a specific purpose or part of a process (for a journalistic reason, for documenting something, etc.):
The police took his photo, then took his fingerprints.
Last week at school, they took my photo for the yearbook.
"Take a photo of him" is used when it's done more in the casual, spontaneous sense of photography:
We took a photo of the protesters during the demonstration.
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"Take his photo" implies to me that it could be for a specific purpose or part of a process (for a journalistic reason, for documenting something, etc.):
The police took his photo, then took his fingerprints.
Last week at school, they took my photo for the yearbook.
"Take a photo of him" is used when it's done more in the casual, spontaneous sense of photography:
We took a photo of the protesters during the demonstration.
answered May 11 '12 at 13:35
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"Take his photo" implies to me that it could be for a specific purpose or part of a process (for a journalistic reason, for documenting something, etc.):
The police took his photo, then took his fingerprints.
Last week at school, they took my photo for the yearbook.
"Take a photo of him" is used when it's done more in the casual, spontaneous sense of photography:
We took a photo of the protesters during the demonstration.
answered May 11 '12 at 13:35
FuhrmanatorFuhrmanator
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"Take his photo" implies to me that it could be for a specific purpose or part of a process (for a journalistic reason, for documenting something, etc.):
The police took his photo, then took his fingerprints.
Last week at school, they took my photo for the yearbook.
"Take a photo of him" is used when it's done more in the casual, spontaneous sense of photography:
We took a photo of the protesters during the demonstration.
answered May 11 '12 at 13:35
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answered May 11 '12 at 13:35
FuhrmanatorFuhrmanator
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Both are possible, depending on context. In BrEng both 'picture' and 'photo' occur (but you don't often hear 'snap' any more.)
answered May 11 '12 at 7:45
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True but, whereas "take a photo of him" necessarily indicates that the object of the image is this unidentified man, "take his photo" may also mean "an image which belongs to him or which he has taken" but which shows something completely different. Am I wrong about it?
– Paola
May 11 '12 at 10:37
@Paola: Yes, but only context would tell which was intended.
– Barrie England
May 11 '12 at 11:57
1
You are correct, @Paola, but the most likely usage for "take his photo" is the act of using a camera, not carrying a print away from him. Likewise when you "take a shower", you could always be a plumber delivering some bathroom fixtures, but more likely you're just getting cleaned up.
– JeffSahol
May 11 '12 at 11:58
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Both are possible, depending on context. In BrEng both 'picture' and 'photo' occur (but you don't often hear 'snap' any more.)
answered May 11 '12 at 7:45
Barrie EnglandBarrie England
128k10204350
True but, whereas "take a photo of him" necessarily indicates that the object of the image is this unidentified man, "take his photo" may also mean "an image which belongs to him or which he has taken" but which shows something completely different. Am I wrong about it?
– Paola
May 11 '12 at 10:37
@Paola: Yes, but only context would tell which was intended.
– Barrie England
May 11 '12 at 11:57
1
You are correct, @Paola, but the most likely usage for "take his photo" is the act of using a camera, not carrying a print away from him. Likewise when you "take a shower", you could always be a plumber delivering some bathroom fixtures, but more likely you're just getting cleaned up.
– JeffSahol
May 11 '12 at 11:58
add a comment |
Both are possible, depending on context. In BrEng both 'picture' and 'photo' occur (but you don't often hear 'snap' any more.)
answered May 11 '12 at 7:45
Barrie EnglandBarrie England
128k10204350
Both are possible, depending on context. In BrEng both 'picture' and 'photo' occur (but you don't often hear 'snap' any more.)
answered May 11 '12 at 7:45
Barrie EnglandBarrie England
128k10204350
answered May 11 '12 at 7:45
Barrie EnglandBarrie England
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answered May 11 '12 at 7:45
Barrie EnglandBarrie England
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answered May 11 '12 at 7:45
Barrie EnglandBarrie England
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True but, whereas "take a photo of him" necessarily indicates that the object of the image is this unidentified man, "take his photo" may also mean "an image which belongs to him or which he has taken" but which shows something completely different. Am I wrong about it?
– Paola
May 11 '12 at 10:37
@Paola: Yes, but only context would tell which was intended.
– Barrie England
May 11 '12 at 11:57
1
You are correct, @Paola, but the most likely usage for "take his photo" is the act of using a camera, not carrying a print away from him. Likewise when you "take a shower", you could always be a plumber delivering some bathroom fixtures, but more likely you're just getting cleaned up.
– JeffSahol
May 11 '12 at 11:58
add a comment |
True but, whereas "take a photo of him" necessarily indicates that the object of the image is this unidentified man, "take his photo" may also mean "an image which belongs to him or which he has taken" but which shows something completely different. Am I wrong about it?
– Paola
May 11 '12 at 10:37
@Paola: Yes, but only context would tell which was intended.
– Barrie England
May 11 '12 at 11:57
1
You are correct, @Paola, but the most likely usage for "take his photo" is the act of using a camera, not carrying a print away from him. Likewise when you "take a shower", you could always be a plumber delivering some bathroom fixtures, but more likely you're just getting cleaned up.
– JeffSahol
May 11 '12 at 11:58
True but, whereas "take a photo of him" necessarily indicates that the object of the image is this unidentified man, "take his photo" may also mean "an image which belongs to him or which he has taken" but which shows something completely different. Am I wrong about it?
– Paola
May 11 '12 at 10:37
True but, whereas "take a photo of him" necessarily indicates that the object of the image is this unidentified man, "take his photo" may also mean "an image which belongs to him or which he has taken" but which shows something completely different. Am I wrong about it?
– Paola
May 11 '12 at 10:37
@Paola: Yes, but only context would tell which was intended.
– Barrie England
May 11 '12 at 11:57
@Paola: Yes, but only context would tell which was intended.
– Barrie England
May 11 '12 at 11:57
1
1
You are correct, @Paola, but the most likely usage for "take his photo" is the act of using a camera, not carrying a print away from him. Likewise when you "take a shower", you could always be a plumber delivering some bathroom fixtures, but more likely you're just getting cleaned up.
– JeffSahol
May 11 '12 at 11:58
You are correct, @Paola, but the most likely usage for "take his photo" is the act of using a camera, not carrying a print away from him. Likewise when you "take a shower", you could always be a plumber delivering some bathroom fixtures, but more likely you're just getting cleaned up.
– JeffSahol
May 11 '12 at 11:58
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A native speaker (AmE at least) would say, "Take his picture" instead.
– Jim
May 11 '12 at 7:23