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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

This or that

say there is a picture on this email and I am going to tell you this picture was made in front of my house.. would I be correct in saying this or should it be that..?

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This is fine. Was the picture of the front of your house or the view from it? We tend to say a picture is painted (or a photo taken) rather than made.

— Dave Phillips

  • This is fine.
  • Was the picture of the front of your house or the view from it?
  • We tend to say a picture is painted (or a photo taken) rather than made.
  • This picture (photo) was taken from the front of my house.
  • - The view.
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This is fine.

Was the picture of the front of your house or the view from it?

We tend to say a picture is painted (or a photo taken) rather than made.

This picture (photo) was taken from the front of my house. - The view.

This is a picture/painting of the front of our house. - The house
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