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« Reply #14955 on: December 16, 2011, 08:26:14 PM » |
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Great photos. It's interesting how the Boston Globe describes the photos in the past tense. I wonder if that's an American thing, or just something that the paper does, but we'd usually expect the description to be in the present tense - as the action in the photo was happening when the image was captured. For example, picture 23 the caption reads: "A girl rested on a concrete column at the Holocaust memorial in Berlin." I'd expect: "A girl rests on a concrete column at the Holocaust memorial in Berlin."  Just me? (the caption for photo 35 is written in the present tense, and to me reads a lot better than the others) I assume in that example, rested is being used as an adjective. Boston.com is the nuts for photos. Check out their 'Big Picture', you will not regret it. |
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« Reply #14956 on: December 16, 2011, 08:35:12 PM » |
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Do I just google Boston Globe big picture?
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« Reply #14957 on: December 16, 2011, 08:39:24 PM » |
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Do I just google Boston Globe big picture?
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« Reply #14958 on: December 16, 2011, 08:43:40 PM » |
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Do I just google Boston Globe big picture?
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« Reply #14959 on: December 16, 2011, 08:48:12 PM » |
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« Reply #14960 on: December 16, 2011, 08:49:22 PM » |
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« Reply #14961 on: December 16, 2011, 08:51:11 PM » |
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« Reply #14962 on: December 17, 2011, 12:49:08 AM » |
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Amazing fact.
75% of all the heather in the world grows in Britain.
almost unbelievable "gatterssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss" I'll have a crack because this does sound like BS I have no hard evidence but my hunch is that this stat is referring to what we'd recognise as heather rather than the entire heather family which according to wikipedia surprisingly includes blueberry, cranberry, azalea, huckleberry and rhododendron though even if it's just referring to common heather it still kinda sounds made up tbh |
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« Reply #14963 on: December 17, 2011, 09:56:22 AM » |
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Amazing fact.
75% of all the heather in the world grows in Britain.
almost unbelievable "gatterssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss" I'll have a crack because this does sound like BS I have no hard evidence but my hunch is that this stat is referring to what we'd recognise as heather rather than the entire heather family which according to wikipedia surprisingly includes blueberry, cranberry, azalea, huckleberry and rhododendron though even if it's just referring to common heather it still kinda sounds made up tbh I'm claiming victory here on the grounds of wishy washy refutation. |
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« Reply #14964 on: December 17, 2011, 10:43:15 AM » |
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Great photos. It's interesting how the Boston Globe describes the photos in the past tense. I wonder if that's an American thing, or just something that the paper does, but we'd usually expect the description to be in the present tense - as the action in the photo was happening when the image was captured. For example, picture 23 the caption reads: "A girl rested on a concrete column at the Holocaust memorial in Berlin." I'd expect: "A girl rests on a concrete column at the Holocaust memorial in Berlin." Just me? (the caption for photo 35 is written in the present tense, and to me reads a lot better than the others) I assume in that example, rested is being used as an adjective. Boston.com is the nuts for photos. Check out their 'Big Picture', you will not regret it. Wrong assumption. Simply look at the captions for all the other photos in that collection. Only one is in the present tense, the others are all in the past tense. |
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« Reply #14965 on: December 17, 2011, 11:31:51 AM » |
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Good luck in the Monte Carlo Red.
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« Reply #14966 on: December 17, 2011, 11:39:16 AM » |
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Wrong assumption. Simply look at the captions for all the other photos in that collection. Only one is in the present tense, the others are all in the past tense.
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« Reply #14967 on: December 17, 2011, 12:34:52 PM » |
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Good luck in the Monte Carlo Red.
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« Reply #14968 on: December 17, 2011, 12:35:42 PM » |
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Do a win
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« Reply #14969 on: December 19, 2011, 12:33:45 AM » |
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WP Tom
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