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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Image of/picture of
Hi,
Which of the following sentences is correct?
1. Betty is the like image of her mother.
2. Betty is the very picture of her mother.
This is a quiz from a Facebook page. I think the first one is correct but the key says 2) is correct. I looked up the words in some dictionaries. However, I need confirmation from some competent English users here before I argue against the key.
Any comment/explanation is appreciated
Which of the following sentences is correct?
1. Betty is the like image of her mother.
2. Betty is the very picture of her mother.
This is a quiz from a Facebook page. I think the first one is correct but the key says 2) is correct. I looked up the words in some dictionaries. However, I need confirmation from some competent English users here before I argue against the key.
Any comment/explanation is appreciated
Top answer
Anonymous I think the first one is correct but the key says 2) is correct. The key is correct. )
- Anonymous I think the first one is correct but the key says 2) is correct.
- The key is correct.
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Anonymous I think the first one is correct but the key says 2) is correct.The key is correct. The correct idioms involved are:
is the very picture of (health, her mother, etc.)
is the spitting image of (her mother, John Travolta, etc.)
is very like (her mother, an oyster, etc.)
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Thank you for your reply.
I looked up in two idiom dictionaries, Cambridge and the American dictionary, both say the picture of followed by "something". There are a few example of sentence usages in both dictionaries but none of them shows that it can be followed by "someone". It seems to me they don't allow the picture of "someone" like in the given sentence. That's why I think both sent
I looked up in two idiom dictionaries, Cambridge and the American dictionary, both say the picture of followed by "something". There are a few example of sentence usages in both dictionaries but none of them shows that it can be followed by "someone". It seems to me they don't allow the picture of "someone" like in the given sentence. That's why I think both sent
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AnonymousIt seems to me they don't allow the picture of "someone" like in the given sentence. That's why I think both sentences are incorrect. Are the dictionaries not updated or it is the evolution of usage in spoken language?No dictionaries have space to present the whole range of possibilities. They can only give you examples of usage.
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