All photos taken by 📲

Status
Not open for further replies.

drangiana

Member
Joined
Aug 20, 2015
Member Type
Student or Learner
Native Language
Persian
Home Country
Iran
Current Location
Iran
Is this sentence correct?
"All photos taken by�� "
or it should be "All photos are/were taken with�� ?
 
Last edited by a moderator:

Rover_KE

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Jun 20, 2010
Member Type
Retired English Teacher
Native Language
British English
Home Country
England
Current Location
England
No. They are both incomplete.

We need at least a full sentence to answer your question.
 

drangiana

Member
Joined
Aug 20, 2015
Member Type
Student or Learner
Native Language
Persian
Home Country
Iran
Current Location
Iran
I saw it in someone's instagram.
 
Last edited by a moderator:

Charlie Bernstein

VIP Member
Joined
Jan 28, 2009
Member Type
Other
Native Language
English
Home Country
United States
Current Location
United States
I saw it in someone's instagram.

Can you make up endings to the sentences? That would help. I don't know what that little blue arrow and gray box at the end mean.

For instance, these examples use your lines to make complete sentences:

- All photos taken by my brother are out of focus.
- All photos are taken with cameras.
 

drangiana

Member
Joined
Aug 20, 2015
Member Type
Student or Learner
Native Language
Persian
Home Country
Iran
Current Location
Iran
It's supposed to be a cell phone.
 

bhaisahab

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Apr 12, 2008
Member Type
Retired English Teacher
Native Language
British English
Home Country
England
Current Location
Ireland
Tiny representations of cell phones/mobile phones are not part of English vocabulary. Therefore, neither of your examples is a sentence.
 

drangiana

Member
Joined
Aug 20, 2015
Member Type
Student or Learner
Native Language
Persian
Home Country
Iran
Current Location
Iran
Tiny representations of cell phones/mobile phones are not part of English vocabulary. Therefore, neither of your examples is a sentence.
So what would be the answer if it was like this:
"All photos taken by smartphones" as a sentence. Is it grammatically correct?
 

bhaisahab

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Apr 12, 2008
Member Type
Retired English Teacher
Native Language
British English
Home Country
England
Current Location
Ireland
drangiana, please do not edit your posts after receiving replies to them. It makes the replies redundant.
 

Charlie Bernstein

VIP Member
Joined
Jan 28, 2009
Member Type
Other
Native Language
English
Home Country
United States
Current Location
United States
It's supposed to be a cell phone.

Oh. It would be easier to type cell phone.

And Bhai is right. It's not English. That's why I couldn't read it.

Now I know.
 

bhaisahab

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Apr 12, 2008
Member Type
Retired English Teacher
Native Language
British English
Home Country
England
Current Location
Ireland
So what would be the answer if it was like this:
"All photos taken by smartphones" as a sentence. Is it grammatically correct?


No. They were taken with (a) smartphone(s).
 

drangiana

Member
Joined
Aug 20, 2015
Member Type
Student or Learner
Native Language
Persian
Home Country
Iran
Current Location
Iran
Oh. It would be easier to type cell phone.

And Bhai is right. It's not English. That's why I couldn't read it.

Now I know.
Sorry for the inconvenience. I just wanted to quote.
 

GoesStation

No Longer With Us (RIP)
Joined
Dec 22, 2015
Member Type
Interested in Language
Native Language
American English
Home Country
United States
Current Location
United States
I'd say that your text, copied and pasted directly from Instagram, is in fact a type of English. It's not a complete sentence but it's a good bet the writer meant "all these photos were taken with a smartphone."
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top