Возможен ли такой перевод с точки зрения грамматики?

[kek5536]

Какая великолепная фотография! Когда вы снимались?

What a magnificent photo! When were you having your photo taken?

[tourist]

When were you having your photo taken?

correct or not grammatically, nobody would ask it this way.

Great photo. When was it taken?

[kek5536]

correct or not grammatically, nobody would ask it this way.

Great photo. When was it taken?

I dont care. I just want to know if its grammatically correct

[Juliemiracle]

When were you having your photo taken?

No, beause 'when' here = reference to the past (see yesterday, in 2019, etc). It requires the Past Simple.
+ I agree with tourist - nobody would ask it that way.

[Kind_Punk]

When were you having your photo taken?

Does taking a photo require, like, a week or a month? )

Well, the grammar is OK, but the meaning is BS nonsense )

[tourist]

I dont care.

Fair enough.
It's just we've got a lot of people here
who would rather nitpick grammatical nuances
than ... actually learn English.

Good luck ..)

[kek5536]

Does taking a photo require, like, a week or a month? )

Well, the grammar is OK, but the meaning is BS nonsense )

A couple of hours, why not? Let's say it was a model shot

[kek5536]

who would rather nitpick grammatical nuances
than ... actually learn English.

I would be glad to learn a real language, but I study at university and it was our final test

[Kind_Punk]

A couple of hours, why not?

There should be a reason to use a continuous tense, and another reason for using the passive ) This is not the case.

I tried imagining the situation for "were having smth done" but failed )

[Zlatko_Berrin]

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were having smth done

When the woman was having her car washed, suddenly her phone rang. Что-то like такое?

[Kind_Punk]

Zlatko_Berrin, right you are )

But how to have this construction in a question, I do not know )

[Zlatko_Berrin]

But how to have this construction in a question, I do not know )

Well, here I failed too)

[Olya]

Yesterday at 5 I was having my car repaired.
What were you doing at 5 yesterday?

[Kind_Punk]

What were you doing at 5 yesterday?

The question is, how to have 'was having smth done' in a question )

I finally come up with this: 'For how long were you having your car repaired?' ) And even this sounds a bit awkward to me.

[nikolai ivanovich]

For how long were you having your car repaired?

С how long используется либо перфект либо паст симпл, например - How long did you have your car repaired?

[Kind_Punk]

С how long используется либо перфект либо паст симпл,

Не вводите людей в заблуждение )


https://www.google.com/search?q=%22for+ ... +living%22

[nikolai ivanovich]

С how long используется либо перфект либо паст симпл,

Не вводите людей в заблуждение )


https://www.google.com/search?q=%22for+ ... +living%22

Я гуглсёрчу не доверяю, дайте ссылку на учебник грамматики.

[Kind_Punk]

Canvas Flying, Seagulls Crying: From Scottish Lochs to ... - Page 204
books.google.ru › books
Justin Tyers - 2014
Found inside – Page 204
'Eh?' 'For how long were you living in this house?'

В учебниках и Фьюче Перфект Континьюс Пассив нет )

[Alex2018]

Мерфи красный п 18.

[nikolai ivanovich]

Мерфи красный п 18.
Вернуться к началу

Там как раз перфект, а в континиусе how long не используется. Примеры из гугла приводят люди, которые не разбираются в грамматике. Они думают, что если вбить какую-нибудь конструкцию в гугл и она там окажется, то так правильно, вводя людей в заблуждение. Но не так это работает. Сначала учат грамматику, а потом уже спорят на форумах.

[Kind_Punk]

Примеры из гугла приводят люди, которые не разбираются в грамматике

Примеры в учебниках ищут люди, которые реально английским не пользуются )

[Yety]

Хотя simple - самый первый выбор в таком голом контексте (подразумевается когда-то завершенное действие; и past continuous с how long/for воспринимается как несколько избыточное), но, как почти всегда, все зависит от желания говорящего выразить оттенки смысла:

It [past continuous] can be used to focus on details (duration in this case).

Что не значит, что исходное предложение ТС звучит хоть сколь-нибудь естественно.

[Olya]

Whose car were you having repaired at 5 yesterday.))

[Alex2018]

nikolai ivanovich, там перфект континиус.

[nikolai ivanovich]

nikolai ivanovich, там перфект континиус.

Так я и говорю, что с перефектами в любом виде используется how long, а с обычным континиусом не используется. Там пример был how long were living here? В каком учебнике есть такое?