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1b00He took a photo of................A) 02b00her.0-

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01cite10Goodman12cite11b10He took a photo of................A) 12b10her.12br
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10Is "hers" wrong?0-

0"Hers" means something belonging to her. But we have no idea what that might be! (No information was provided.) So, in this case, "hers" does not work for the same reason the other possibilities don't work. Only "her" is a correct answer here.0-

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01cite10Diamondrg12cite10Is "hers" wrong?12blockquote

10Hello Diamond02br
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00"Hers" is an independent possessive pronoun to mean "her thing". You can use "of hers" like "He is a friend of hers" (=He is one of her friends). 02br
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00"A photo of her" does not mean "a photo

0 A, B, and D are correct.02br
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00 Where 'take' means take into one's possession or steal:02br
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01i00He took a photo of [ hers / his ]. (He took into his possession a photo belonging to [her / him].02i00 01i00(he 02i00and01i00 his/him02i00 are not coreferential. If it is his alread

0 Sorry. I was interpreting "took a photo of" to mean "01b00used a camera to photograph02b00." In that sense, I think "her" is the only correct answer. But it's true that someone can "take a photo" belonging to someone else (walk away with that photo). If that is the meaning, there would be several correct answers, as CalifJim pointed out. 0-

0 If I were an examinee of Turkey's National Exam for English proficiency, I would take it that the examiner uses "took" in the sense of "used a camera". From my experience I have a feeling examiners rarely make such a question that three among the five choices are all correct.02br
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01. Allegra came over from Milan last week. 01u00I took a photo of her02u00. She's pretty, isn't she?02br
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002. Allegra and I were arguing about who had the fluffiest guinea pig. So 01u00she took a picture of hers02u00, and I took a picture of mine, and we brought them into work for Enrico to decide. But Enrico said he had th

0The structure "a/an || noun || of || object pronoun" is really interesting. What other nouns can be used in that structure? "a friend of her" is not acceptable in any way, but "a photo of her" is OK. What is the underlying grammatical reason for that? (by the way, it is not an exam question. It is a question from a student who has an overworking imagination05000)010id5

0 See Chapter 11 of Ray Jackendoff's 01i00Semantics and Cognition02i00. Theory of Representation.02br
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00 You may find it interesting. This grammaticalization happens only with representational objects -- those which have a dual analysis: physical object and abstract image. Among such objects are pictures, statues, maps, and models. In such