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HUBLOT Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Caught "on / by" a camera
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/crime&id=8459532
WEST WHITELAND, Pa. - December 9, 2011 (WPVI) -- Police in Chester County say a man who broke into several cars was caught on a surveillance camera at a convenience store.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/21/fedex-delivery-man_n_1162743.html
The delivery man, caught by a security camera, carries the box to the gates of the house and, without even ringing the door bell, carelessly throws the package over the fence.
- to be caught on a camera
- to be caught by a camera
Are these interchangeable?
WEST WHITELAND, Pa. - December 9, 2011 (WPVI) -- Police in Chester County say a man who broke into several cars was caught on a surveillance camera at a convenience store.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/21/fedex-delivery-man_n_1162743.html
The delivery man, caught by a security camera, carries the box to the gates of the house and, without even ringing the door bell, carelessly throws the package over the fence.
- to be caught on a camera
- to be caught by a camera
Are these interchangeable?
Top answer
I was on camera. I was caught on camera. I was caught by a camera.
- I was on camera.
- I was caught on camera.
- I was caught by a camera.
- The last two are interchangeable.
- The implication is usually that you did not expect it, or were unaware of it.
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I was on camera.
I was caught on camera.
I was caught by a camera.
The last two are interchangeable. The implication is usually that you did not expect it, or were unaware of it.
I was caught on camera.
I was caught by a camera.
The last two are interchangeable. The implication is usually that you did not expect it, or were unaware of it.
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- to be caught on a camera
- to be caught by a camera
Are these interchangeable?
Yes, but in my reading experience I find on much more than by.
CJ
- to be caught by a camera
Are these interchangeable?
Yes, but in my reading experience I find on much more than by.
CJ
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Ouch! I was wrong! Practically a tie. I would have said "on a camera" was not used -
except, "On a camera, what does that button do?"
Google hits: (I'll bet you knew I was going to do this!)
"caught on camera" 34,200,000
"caught on a camera" 345,000
"caught by a camera" 3
except, "On a camera, what does that button do?"
Google hits: (I'll bet you knew I was going to do this!)
"caught on camera" 34,200,000
"caught on a camera" 345,000
"caught by a camera" 3
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...was caught on surveillance camera at a convenience store.
Is this the correct version?
Is this the correct version?
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Okay, I WORK in West Whiteland Township in Chester County. I don't care if he was caught on, by, or with a camera -- I just care that he was caught! My goodness, the shopping center in that video is where my daughter used to take dance lessons.
Well, there you go. Welcome to my town.
This just goes to show you that things like the use of prepositions fade dramatically in i
Well, there you go. Welcome to my town.
This just goes to show you that things like the use of prepositions fade dramatically in i
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HUBLOT...was caught on surveillance camera at a convenience store.No, it's not. I'm sorry, I should have gone back and re-read your examples. I was just concentrating on the shortened versions at the end.
Is this the correct version?
When you use the adjective, surveillance camera, you really need the article, "a." (on a surveillance c
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