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Seagull Posted 12 years ago
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With camera in my hand, ...
I spotted the kagu at a distance of about 25 meters. With camera in my hand, I crept slowly toward it to get a better photo. The kagu didn't move when I got within 5 meters, and it still didn't budge when I was less than a meter away.
This is a passage from a travel report in a magazine. In it, why did the author use the noun 'camera' with no determiner such as 'a,' or 'my'? In what situation does this happen?
This is a passage from a travel report in a magazine. In it, why did the author use the noun 'camera' with no determiner such as 'a,' or 'my'? In what situation does this happen?
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With my camera in my hand This is common and correct English. With camera in hand This is a more literary and less common usage. The basic structure is 'With X in hand', where X can be pretty well anything that makes sense.
- With my camera in my hand This is common and correct English.
- With camera in hand This is a more literary and less common usage.
- The basic structure is 'With X in hand', where X can be pretty well anything that makes sense.
- Clive
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With my camera in my hand This is common and correct English.
With camera in hand This is a more literary and less common usage.
The basic structure is 'With X in hand', where X can be pretty well anything that makes sense.
Cl
With camera in hand This is a more literary and less common usage.
The basic structure is 'With X in hand', where X can be pretty well anything that makes sense.
Cl
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CliveWith camera in hand This is a more literary and less common usage.I wouldn't have considered this to be more literary, but now that you mention it, I think you're probably correct.
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