Send a standing/sitting picture

[Untaught88]

Hi,

Is "Send a standing/sitting picture of yours" correct?

 

[Roman55]

No. It is the person who is standing or sitting, not the picture. The way it's written it sounds like an imperative statement. Is it? Recast the sentence. Send a picture of yourself standing/sitting. Some people might find, Send a standing/sitting picture of yourself, acceptable.

 

[emsr2d2]

In BrE, we tend to use the slightly longer:

Send a photo of yourself sitting down/standing up.

Because it's a photo, there is no ambiguity as to whether we mean someone in a standing/sitting position or doing the action of standing up/sitting down. If it were a video, the ambiguity might be there.