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Please explain what is wrong with the sentance 'I'd like to make a photograph'.
to take (i.e., a picture) means, to capture the image on film.Carmen-Zarena said:Please explain what is wrong with the sentence 'I'd like to make a photograph'.
Interlingual error, semantics. For example, if in the learner's first language the word meaning to make/create is used to express take a photo, and the learner borrows that meaning and applies it to English, thereby giving: *make a photo, the error is one based in semantics, or meaning as tdol notes.Carmen-Zarena said:Thank you all for your interesting replies, however I'm trying to establish the grammatical error. 'I want to make a photo' is grammatically incorrect and shoudl be said 'I want to take a photo'. I need to be able to explain why it is incorrect.
You could discuss the words 'capture' (i.e., take with one's hand: take a bus) and 'create' ('make' with one's hand: make a cake).;-)Carmen-Zarena said:Casiopia - thanks very much for the explanation, which helps a great deal. Do you have any advice on how one could explain this to a class of ESL students?