In this episode, we discuss a few misused phrases and preventing your friends (and yourself) from sounding crazy. "We all have areas of expertise or at least a thing or two we may know better than someone else - even if it’s the grammatical difference between their, there, and they’re ..."
Blow up vs Enlarge This one is common. If you blew an image up, it would no longer exist… because you destroyed it - being blown up and all. If you’re looking to make an image bigger, you mean to enlarge it. Although you’ll hear it said a lot, once you think about it, it’s actually quite clear. Really, what sense does it make to blow an image up? Is it a balloon? Nope. But, if you had a negative and were in a darkroom creating prints, you would use an enlarger to do so. Crop in vs Crop “Crop” implies that you’re removing an unwanted outer area of an image. Therefore, when someone suggests you “crop them in” a photo, they’re asking an impossible task. They may actually be thinking of the many capabilities you have when using Adobe Photoshop. It’s pretty common for someone who is not familiar with your area of expertise to know one overarching tool to program and abuse that term when attempting to relate to what you do. When this happens, don’t be a jerk about it - but seize this opportunity to provide a quick lesson. “Oh, well if I crop, you won’t be in the image. I think you mean add you in the photo, right?” You don’t have to say that exact phrase but find your smooth, subtle, or even quirky way to pass on some knowledge. Just don’t be rude about it. Portrait vs Self Portrait This one is simple. A portrait can be of anyone. A SELF-portrait has 2 requirements: 1) It needs to be a portrait of YOU. 2) It needs to be created by YOU. So if someone takes your picture, that my friend, is a portrait. True, it is of you, but YOU didn’t do it yourself. Apply this logic to biography and autobiography - autobiography being your life story written by you and a biography being just a life story about anyone, written by anyone.
Fun link http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/25-common-words-that-youve-got-wrong.html
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