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Marussia Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
About passive
Hi everyone!
I wouldbe very grateful to you if you can help me again. I met across such a phrase that was written under a photo: Photo created on Wednesday 1 May 2009. I thought we need use passive construction here:Photo was created on....and also is the word right? I mean do people say "create" about a photo? I would write :The photo was taken on ...................
By the way, the first variant was written by a woman who lives in New Zealand and she was born there.
Could you please tell me the right variant?
Thanks in advance!
Marina,
I wouldbe very grateful to you if you can help me again. I met across such a phrase that was written under a photo: Photo created on Wednesday 1 May 2009. I thought we need use passive construction here:Photo was created on....and also is the word right? I mean do people say "create" about a photo? I would write :The photo was taken on ...................
By the way, the first variant was written by a woman who lives in New Zealand and she was born there.
Could you please tell me the right variant?
Thanks in advance!
Marina,
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Hi Marina, Welcome to English Forums. That's a very common way to label things. It's a shorted version of the passive.
- Hi Marina, Welcome to English Forums.
- That's a very common way to label things.
- It's a shorted version of the passive.
- " You're right in that photos are usually taken and images are usually created, but perhaps she had used Photoshop or done something else to "create" the image instead of simply capturing it.
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Hi Marina,
Welcome to English Forums.
That's a very common way to label things. It's a shorted version of the passive.
"This photo was created on..." just becomes "Created on..."
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"This image was taken on June 13, 1984, with a X-type camera" becomes "Image taken on June 13, 1984, with ..."
You're right in that photos are usually taken and im
Welcome to English Forums.
That's a very common way to label things. It's a shorted version of the passive.
"This photo was created on..." just becomes "Created on..."
or
"This image was taken on June 13, 1984, with a X-type camera" becomes "Image taken on June 13, 1984, with ..."
You're right in that photos are usually taken and im
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