A woman started to take me photos (a Word Order Mistake?)
2007-11-20 07:16:18 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Did you mean "A woman started to take photos of me?"
2007-11-20 07:19:47 · answer #1 · answered by jurydoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's just a bad sentence. The correct way to do is:
A woman started to take MY photo.
Me is incorrect and photo's is plural. Now if she is taking multiple photos then say:
A woman started to take photos of me.
2007-11-20 15:20:40 · answer #2 · answered by aric_714 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because "take" implies "away from the speaker" whereas "me" is the speaker.
If you don't mean what everyone else thinks you mean, you want "A woman started to bring me photos."
Also, usually there should be a second part of a sentence that uses "started to" because the phrase implies that she was interrupted along the way--you usually want to say what she was interrupted by.
A woman started to bring me photos, but she couldn't find my house.
Or if you meant what everyone else thinks you meant:
A woman started to take photos of me, but my bodyguard broke her arm.
If she actually did manage to bring/take photos (to me OR of me), use "started taking".
2007-11-20 16:09:24 · answer #3 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what you mean. Firstly, 'me' is wrong. It shoild have beem 'my' photos. you can also say.....'photos of me'.
Better wordings include;
A woman commenced to take my pictures.
A woman started to take pictures of me..
A woman commenced to photograph me.
A woman began to take my photpgraps.
There are many other possibilities, but the few examples above should drive the point across.
2007-11-20 15:25:56 · answer #4 · answered by WithLove Joe James 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A woman started to take my photograph
2007-11-20 15:19:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It should be "started taking" not "started to take". And did you mean MY photos?
2007-11-20 15:19:56 · answer #6 · answered by ***~*** 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't even get what you're trying to say, that's why it's wrong.
Are you trying to say "A woman started to take photos of me"?
2007-11-20 15:18:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋