Zoomed to fill

[kadioguy]

Like this:

... to make the YouTube video fill the entire screen, simply pinch out with two fingers. A "Zoomed to fill" bubble will appear at the top, confirming that your video is now filling the screen on your phone. Pinch in with two fingers to go back to the original video size.

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I think that "Zoomed to fill" means "(the video) Zoomed to fill (the screen)", rather than "(the video was) Zoomed to fill (the screen)".

Is that right?

 

[SoothingDave]

No. The video did not zoom. You zoomed the video in. The video has been zoomed to fill the screen.

 

[kadioguy]

No. The video did not zoom. You zoomed the video in. The video has been zoomed to fill the screen.

But "zoom" below is in the active voice. Does that mean if you turn on the option, videos will automatic zoom, so it is in the active voice?

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[tedmc]

The menu tells you, the viewer, to zoom. "Zoom" is used as an imperative.
"Zoomed to fill" is a participle modifying "bubble".

 

[SoothingDave]

But "zoom" below is in the active voice. Does that mean if you turn on the option, videos will automatic zoom, so it is in the active voice?

[source]

No. The video does not zoom itself. Even if you set the software to automatically do it, you are still the actor, with the software as the agent. The video is inert. Not an actor. It does not do anything.

I fail to see what the point of your questioning is. You understand the meaning.

 

[kadioguy]

What confuses me is the "zoom" in "Always zoom ...".

Why is it a bare infinitive? How about "Always zoomed ..."?

Does that mean "(You) Always zoom ..." rather than "(Videos will be) Always zoomed ...", so a bare infinitive is used. Is that right?

 

[5jj]

It's not a bare infinitive. Tedmc has already told you that it's an imperative.

 

[SoothingDave]

It's not a bare infinitive. Tedmc has already told you that it's an imperative.

More specifically, you, the user, are commanding the software to always zoom in when playing a video.

Same way "remind me when it's bedtime" is a command.

 

[kadioguy]

The menu tells you, the viewer, to zoom. "Zoom" is used as an imperative.

More specifically, you, the user, are commanding the software to always zoom in when playing a video.

Same way "remind me when it's bedtime" is a command.

So we all agree that "Zoom" here is an imperative. However, there are two opinions about who are the "commander" and the "receiver". As for this, I think it this way:

[In settings]
a. (You, the software) Zoom to fill screen
b. (You, the software) Always zoom so that videos fill the screen in full screen

I'd say what tedmc said would work if "Zoom to fill screen" appears at the top of the screen when playing videos, as an instruction.

 

[tedmc]

There is no difference with or without "always".
The way to view the video in full screen is to zoom/use the zoom feature.
The items in the menu are not consistent anyway. There are a mix of verbs and nouns.

 

[kadioguy]

There is no difference with or without "always".

Um, I guess you think that I added the "always", but it is actually from the menu:

The way to view the video in full screen is to zoom/use the zoom feature.
The items in the menu are not consistent anyway. There are a mix of verbs and nouns.

Do you mean that one of them is a noun and the other is a verb？
I think that both of them are verbs.

 

[tedmc]

Do you mean that one of them is a noun and the other is a verb？
I think that both of them are verbs.

I mean the list of items under General.

 

[emsr2d2]

Um, I guess you think that I added the "always", but it is actually from the menu:

Do you mean that one of them is a noun and the other is a verb？
I think that both of them are verbs.

They're both verbs and they're both imperatives.