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'I photographed her sing'?
Can I use quotation marks to mean a word is used euphemistically?How acceptable is it to use “it's like” (or just “like”) as a filler word?Is the idiom “in the offing” used?The usage of 'get to ~ing'“Try to open the car” vs. “Try opening the car”How to say that a sentence is a result of a certain event“Give a hand” vs “Help”What does “let's gut her” mean?which starts, startingIs it appropriate to say “I seek a PhD supervisor” to mean “I try to find a researcher who agrees to accept me as PhD student”?
I have seen many times the structure 'photograph + object + -ing,' but I rarely saw 'photograph + object + infinitive.'
Do native English speakers say or write that way?
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I have seen many times the structure 'photograph + object + -ing,' but I rarely saw 'photograph + object + infinitive.'
Do native English speakers say or write that way?
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LifeispicnicLifeispicnic
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I photographed her singing means "I photographed her while she was singing" while what you put means "I photographed her as she sang". There is a subtle difference in the tense in which the form you wrote is, in my opinion, better English. But the alternative is more widely used.
– user334732
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I have seen many times the structure 'photograph + object + -ing,' but I rarely saw 'photograph + object + infinitive.'
Do native English speakers say or write that way?
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LifeispicnicLifeispicnic
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I have seen many times the structure 'photograph + object + -ing,' but I rarely saw 'photograph + object + infinitive.'
Do native English speakers say or write that way?
usage
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I photographed her singing means "I photographed her while she was singing" while what you put means "I photographed her as she sang". There is a subtle difference in the tense in which the form you wrote is, in my opinion, better English. But the alternative is more widely used.
– user334732
19 hours ago
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I photographed her singing means "I photographed her while she was singing" while what you put means "I photographed her as she sang". There is a subtle difference in the tense in which the form you wrote is, in my opinion, better English. But the alternative is more widely used.
– user334732
19 hours ago
I photographed her singing means "I photographed her while she was singing" while what you put means "I photographed her as she sang". There is a subtle difference in the tense in which the form you wrote is, in my opinion, better English. But the alternative is more widely used.
– user334732
19 hours ago
I photographed her singing means "I photographed her while she was singing" while what you put means "I photographed her as she sang". There is a subtle difference in the tense in which the form you wrote is, in my opinion, better English. But the alternative is more widely used.
– user334732
19 hours ago
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This works with certain verbs (the verb that comes first in the sentence) but not others. I wouldn’t use photographed like this. You can use the bare infinitive with to watch: “I watched her sing”. Also to see: “I saw her sing”. Not sure which other verbs offhand (if any) can work this way.
answered 22 hours ago
MixolydianMixolydian
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You can also use the bare infinitive with to hear ("I heard her sing"—which means something slightly different than "I heard her singing"). Also with to feel (although it's usually difficult to feel someone sing). Watch, see, hear and feel might be the only verbs that can be used in quite this way; in particular, similar verbs such as observe, listen, taste and sense can't be used this way.
– Tanner Swett
20 hours ago
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Photograph as a verb is used in the following two ways
Photograph somebody/something + adjective
I refused to be photographed nude.
Photograph somebody+something doing something
They were photographed playing with their children.
Therefore it's better to say I photographed her singing
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Kshitij SinghKshitij Singh
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This works with certain verbs (the verb that comes first in the sentence) but not others. I wouldn’t use photographed like this. You can use the bare infinitive with to watch: “I watched her sing”. Also to see: “I saw her sing”. Not sure which other verbs offhand (if any) can work this way.
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MixolydianMixolydian
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You can also use the bare infinitive with to hear ("I heard her sing"—which means something slightly different than "I heard her singing"). Also with to feel (although it's usually difficult to feel someone sing). Watch, see, hear and feel might be the only verbs that can be used in quite this way; in particular, similar verbs such as observe, listen, taste and sense can't be used this way.
– Tanner Swett
20 hours ago
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This works with certain verbs (the verb that comes first in the sentence) but not others. I wouldn’t use photographed like this. You can use the bare infinitive with to watch: “I watched her sing”. Also to see: “I saw her sing”. Not sure which other verbs offhand (if any) can work this way.
answered 22 hours ago
MixolydianMixolydian
3,611512
1
You can also use the bare infinitive with to hear ("I heard her sing"—which means something slightly different than "I heard her singing"). Also with to feel (although it's usually difficult to feel someone sing). Watch, see, hear and feel might be the only verbs that can be used in quite this way; in particular, similar verbs such as observe, listen, taste and sense can't be used this way.
– Tanner Swett
20 hours ago
add a comment |
This works with certain verbs (the verb that comes first in the sentence) but not others. I wouldn’t use photographed like this. You can use the bare infinitive with to watch: “I watched her sing”. Also to see: “I saw her sing”. Not sure which other verbs offhand (if any) can work this way.
answered 22 hours ago
MixolydianMixolydian
3,611512
This works with certain verbs (the verb that comes first in the sentence) but not others. I wouldn’t use photographed like this. You can use the bare infinitive with to watch: “I watched her sing”. Also to see: “I saw her sing”. Not sure which other verbs offhand (if any) can work this way.
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MixolydianMixolydian
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MixolydianMixolydian
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You can also use the bare infinitive with to hear ("I heard her sing"—which means something slightly different than "I heard her singing"). Also with to feel (although it's usually difficult to feel someone sing). Watch, see, hear and feel might be the only verbs that can be used in quite this way; in particular, similar verbs such as observe, listen, taste and sense can't be used this way.
– Tanner Swett
20 hours ago
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You can also use the bare infinitive with to hear ("I heard her sing"—which means something slightly different than "I heard her singing"). Also with to feel (although it's usually difficult to feel someone sing). Watch, see, hear and feel might be the only verbs that can be used in quite this way; in particular, similar verbs such as observe, listen, taste and sense can't be used this way.
– Tanner Swett
20 hours ago
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You can also use the bare infinitive with to hear ("I heard her sing"—which means something slightly different than "I heard her singing"). Also with to feel (although it's usually difficult to feel someone sing). Watch, see, hear and feel might be the only verbs that can be used in quite this way; in particular, similar verbs such as observe, listen, taste and sense can't be used this way.
– Tanner Swett
20 hours ago
You can also use the bare infinitive with to hear ("I heard her sing"—which means something slightly different than "I heard her singing"). Also with to feel (although it's usually difficult to feel someone sing). Watch, see, hear and feel might be the only verbs that can be used in quite this way; in particular, similar verbs such as observe, listen, taste and sense can't be used this way.
– Tanner Swett
20 hours ago
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Photograph as a verb is used in the following two ways
Photograph somebody/something + adjective
I refused to be photographed nude.
Photograph somebody+something doing something
They were photographed playing with their children.
Therefore it's better to say I photographed her singing
answered 22 hours ago
Kshitij SinghKshitij Singh
811112
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Photograph as a verb is used in the following two ways
Photograph somebody/something + adjective
I refused to be photographed nude.
Photograph somebody+something doing something
They were photographed playing with their children.
Therefore it's better to say I photographed her singing
answered 22 hours ago
Kshitij SinghKshitij Singh
811112
add a comment |
Photograph as a verb is used in the following two ways
Photograph somebody/something + adjective
I refused to be photographed nude.
Photograph somebody+something doing something
They were photographed playing with their children.
Therefore it's better to say I photographed her singing
answered 22 hours ago
Kshitij SinghKshitij Singh
811112
Photograph as a verb is used in the following two ways
Photograph somebody/something + adjective
I refused to be photographed nude.
Photograph somebody+something doing something
They were photographed playing with their children.
Therefore it's better to say I photographed her singing
answered 22 hours ago
Kshitij SinghKshitij Singh
811112
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Kshitij SinghKshitij Singh
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Kshitij SinghKshitij Singh
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I photographed her singing means "I photographed her while she was singing" while what you put means "I photographed her as she sang". There is a subtle difference in the tense in which the form you wrote is, in my opinion, better English. But the alternative is more widely used.
– user334732
19 hours ago