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Reply Fri 28 Feb, 2014 08:25 pm
You know the sign "No Smoking" prohibits you to smoke there. No we want a sign that indicates you not to take photos there.
Which is proper English?

1) No Photographing
2) No Taking Photos
3) No Using Cameras
4) No Taking Pictures
5)?
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Region Philbis
 
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Reply Fri 28 Feb, 2014 08:39 pm
@oristarA,

http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/no-photography-sign.jpg

Smile
JTT
 
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Reply Fri 28 Feb, 2014 08:43 pm
@oristarA,
Ori: You know the sign "No Smoking" prohibits you (to) FROM smokING (there). Now we want a sign that indicates you not (to) take photos (there).
Which is proper English?

1) No Photographing
2) No Taking Photos
3) No Using Cameras
4) No Taking Pictures
5) No cameras/photos allowed
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oristarA
 
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Reply Fri 28 Feb, 2014 09:11 pm
@Region Philbis,
Region Philbis wrote:


http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/no-photography-sign.jpg

Smile



Just this? Always since the birth of cameras?
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JTT
 
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Reply Fri 28 Feb, 2014 09:24 pm
@oristarA,
Both 'proper' and 'correct' are loaded terms that have little value when one discusses language, Ori.

All your examples are correct, ie grammatical, but they aren't the ones chosen for these situations. The trend does seem to be as Region portrayed.
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Joe Nation
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Reply Fri 28 Feb, 2014 09:53 pm
On the George Washington Bridge, there are signs every fifty yards or so that say:
http://www.gemplers.com/img/cameras-not-allowed-63099PLL.jpg
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