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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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carried her to her room

Her eyes kept closing and soon she fell asleep there on the table. We decided to call it a night and then picked her up and carried her to her room.

Is the above natural?
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Deciding to call it a night, we picked her up

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Deciding to call it a night, we picked her up
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It sounds OK to me.
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Was she really asleep ON the table?
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"Call it a night" = "call it a day" ?
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"Call it a day" following a long day's work. ("That's enough work for today.")

"Call it a night" following a long night's revelry. ("That's enough revelry for tonight.")

Sometimes "call it a day" is used to mean the end of your total wakeing hours - i.e., time to go to bed.

- A.
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Could it imply that she fell asleep in her chair with her head on the table? That's the intended meaning. Or does it strike you as she was lying on the table?
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I don't see anything wrong with - she fell asleep on the table.

I have an image of someone sitting in a chair, leaning on a table, and then falling asleep in that position.

Quite a common occurrence in my classroom!
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Thanks Avangi, for the answer.

N2g, as a non-native speaker, the reading of the sentence gave me the impression that she was sleeping, lying on the table. But as Optilang said, it might not seem so to the native speakers.
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To tell you the truth, gentlemen, It never occurred to me that she was anything other than prone on the table. It seemed like GG got the same impression.

In my experience a native speaker would say "fell asleep with her head on the table." "Fell asleep on the floor/bed/table/couch/porch means what it says." "Fell asleep at the table would be assumed as "in a chair." "With her
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Thanks, Avangi. fell asleep AT the table is a good suggestion.

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