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Sunny123 Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

What picture

A: What picture is that?
B: That's the picture of an elephant.
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C: What picture is that?
D: It's an elephant.
Both correct?
  

Top answer

B: That's the picture of an elephant. "That's the picture of an/the elephant" sounds as if you are identifying one picture out of a known set of pictures. In a general situation you would say "That's a picture of an elephant".

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  • B: That's the picture of an elephant.
  • "That's the picture of an/the elephant" sounds as if you are identifying one picture out of a known set of pictures.
  • In a general situation you would say "That's a picture of an elephant".
  • D: It's an elephant.
  • This seems loose (strictly speaking illogical).
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sunny123A: What picture is that?B: That's the picture of an elephant.
"That's the picture of an/the elephant" sounds as if you are identifying one picture out of a known set of pictures. In a general situation you would say "That's a picture of an elephant".
sunny123C: What picture is that?D: It's an elephant.
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This is more natural:

A: What is that a picture of?
B: That's the picture of an elephant.
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