I have a question about English grammar
Here's the sentence I would like you to explain to me :
The company is now exploring new technologies that could adjust camera flash based on the scene of photo and the angle the camera is to an object.
Someone I know asked me to explain this sentence to him in Korean..
Actually, I couldn't understand this sentence in the first place, but after I took a careful look at it, I could somehow catch what that sentence said..
And a few days after I told him my translation, he came to me and said
"A relative verb can be omitted? between the angle and the camera?"
And somewhat my translation wasn't correct because I couldn't figure that out.
If I had known there was a relative verb "where" between the words, I could have given him a correct translation..
I just don't understand why the relative verb "where" was omitted in the first place."
In my opinion, it was supposed to be there in the first place..
Maybe it's because I lack of knowledge about the other English grammar.
Help me out, please :)
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The company is now exploring new technologies that could adjust camera flash based on the scene of photo and the angle the camera is to an object.
"where" is not the only word that might have been omitted or could be used in the above sentence. Other words could be put in and the sentence would still make sense.
Without any additional words however, it is still possible to understand that:
A company is using new technology to >
make the camera flash more accurate / customized >
by actually usin scene of the photograph itself and >
and the camera angle used to shoot the photograph.
The company is now exploring new technologies that could adjust camera flash based on the exact scene of the photo and the exact angle the camera is to an object.
The company is now exploring new technologies that could adjust camera flash based on the type of scene of photo and the specific angle the camera is to an object.
The company is now exploring new technologies that could adjust camera flash based on the actual subject (content) of the photograph
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I see what you're saying. You will see this type of thing in the english language quite often.
Although the sentence is technically correct, It can be confusing.
The fact that the word "where" was omitted comes from the fact that a lot of english speakers themselves learn when to omit certain words that additionally describe something. (for convenience??)
Anyway, "where" (in this sentence) would have only been used to further describe . For instance, If I was to say:
"Please show me where my lost puppy is at." VS. "Please show me where my lost puppy is."
These two sentences mean exactly the same thing, but the first one has an additional "at" on the end. It really doesn't help to clarify the sentence, therefore it could be omitted from the second sentence without the meaning of the sentence changing.
So, to answer your question, as you advance in the language and become more familiar, you too will start to omit things because they are not necessary in order to get your point across.
I hope that helped!
-Josie
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maybe it would be easier to understand if it was written like this:
" ...the angle of the camera relative to an object".
Sorry, can't comment on the grammar, except to say that the meaning of the sentence was immediately obvious to me, as an English speaker. That doesn't necessarily mean that the sentence is grammatically correct.
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