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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
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Photo/picture

Troy took out a small photo/picture of his family from his wallet and showed it to the man.

Can I go wrong with any of them? Isn't photo technically more accurate than picture, would you say? Which of them is more common (in AmE)?

Thank you.

  

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Don't say' took out. from'. Say eg Troy took a small photo/picture of his family from his wallet and showed it to the man.

  • Don't say' took out.
  • from'.
  • Say eg Troy took a small photo/picture of his family from his wallet and showed it to the man.
  • or eg Troy took out a small photo/picture of his family and showed it to the man.
  • Isn't photo technically more accurate than picture?
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Don't say' took out. . from'.

Say eg Troy took a small photo/picture of his family from his wallet and showed it to the man.

or eg Troy took out a small photo/picture of his family and showed it to the man.

Isn't photo technically more accurate than picture?If I say 'picture', will you think he might have painted a picture of his family and then put it

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