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Grammar

Taking photos

Hey everyone, please help me out a little here! Take the phrase in inverted commas in its context and give me your opinion as to whether it is - or isn't - correct and above all, WHY:

One person wants to have his picture taken with his camera so he hands his cam over to the person next to him and asks: "Will you please take me one?"

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" "take me one" really means to deliver one (something) to you. In the case of a photo, to me it's rather fuzzy whether that phrase is technically correct since in a way the photo-taker is in a sense delivering a photo to the asker. " Take is to receive something from someone.

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  • " "take me one" really means to deliver one (something) to you.
  • In the case of a photo, to me it's rather fuzzy whether that phrase is technically correct since in a way the photo-taker is in a sense delivering a photo to the asker.
  • " Take is to receive something from someone.
  • " while handing someone a camera would be a very strange request, as to me it implies you want me to bring you another camera like the one you handed to me, supposedly as an example of what you want.
  • This is because the phrase is "take a picture", which you obviously know but I BRING up only because I notice English learners often use the phrase "make a picture".
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I would know what you were asking, but most people would say "Will you please take one of me?" "take me one" really means to deliver one (something) to you. In the case of a photo, to me it's rather fuzzy whether that phrase is technically correct since in a way the photo-taker is in a sense delivering a photo to the asker. On second thought, it really isn't correct since it should be "Will yo
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Before getting to your question, consider the sentence Will you please give a pen to me?

A phrase like "to me" can be moved left so it is right after the verb (give), but the preposition "to" is removed in that case: Will you please give me a pen?

Now suppose both people in the conversation know that "pen" is what they are both talking about. You can then
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