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Below is a sentence from an email.
"I'm sending the picture that we took on the last day of our class."

Questions are
1. Shouldn't it be "the picture of us (that ) I took"? The person who took the picture is not "we" but "I." Is that right?
Are there any other better ways to say this?
When do you add or don't add the relative pronoun "that" like in this case above? I often find myself confused about this.

2. What about "on the last day"? I guess just "the last day of our class" is fine as well. What would be the difference between "on the last day of our class"
and "the last day of our class" Could anyone explain when you would add "on" to the nouns meaning time such as Sunday, that day and so on? I believe the "time" nouns can also play the roles of adverb by themselves. Thank you in advance.

[Mister Micawber]

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1-- We took is used in the sense of the group having its picture taken. This is common usage, and is similar to: I washed my car / I had my car washed-- both can be used to indicate the same thing.

That is usually optional.

2-- On is also optional here, with no difference in meaning. Your assumption is correct.
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