0
Vincent Teo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

the position of "beside"

0 Can I say,02br
00(a)Her teddy sleeps beside her every night.02br
00(b)She sleeps with the bear beside her.02br
00(c)She sleeps on the bed in her room beside her 02br
00toy bear. 02br
00(d)She sleeps in a bed and her soft toy is 02br
00beside her.02br
00(e)She sleeps beside a bear .02br
00(f)She sleeps with her doll beside the lamp.02br
00(g)She sleeps the toy beside. 0-
  

Top answer

12br 10(c)She sleeps on the bed in her room beside her 12br 10toy bear. 12blockquote 10 01b 01font 00Or: she sleeps with the toy beside her [as in (b)]02font 02b 00 0-

— Philip

  • 12br 10(c)She sleeps on the bed in her room beside her 12br 10toy bear.
  • 12blockquote 10 01b 01font 00Or: she sleeps with the toy beside her [as in (b)]02font 02b 00 0-
Free · every Monday

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.

7 Answers
0
0 01blockquote
01cite10Vincent Teo12cite10Can I say,12br
10(a)Her teddy sleeps beside her every night.12br
10(b)She sleeps with the bear beside her.12br
10(c)She sleeps on the bed in her room beside her 12br
10toy bear. 12br
10(d)She sleeps in a bed and her soft toy is 12br
10besid
0
0
0 01blockquote
01cite10Vincent Teo12cite10Can I say,12br
10(a)Her teddy sleeps beside her every night.12br
10(b)She sleeps with the bear beside her.12br
10(c)She sleeps on the bed in her room beside her 12br
10toy bear. 12br
10(d)She sleeps in a bed and her soft toy is 12br
10besid
0
0
0No, but Philip has already corrected G for you.02br
02br
00I find C awkward. Obviously, it doesn't mean that the room is beside the bear, but if you compare C and F, you can see how this structure can create confusion about who (or what) is next to whom (or what else).02br
02br
00With A, the teddy doesn't really sleep. She sleeps beside her teddy every ni
0
0
0I tried to some some correction as below, are they correct:02br
00(a)Her teddy sleeps beside her every night. (wrong, teddy bear can't sleeps always.)02br
00(b)She sleeps with the bear beside her.02br
00(c)She sleeps (on the bed/ in the bed) beside her toy bear. 02br
00(d)She sleeps in a bed and her soft toy is beside her.02br
00(e)She
0
0
0 What do you all think? are they correct? 0-
0
0
0 Are they correct? As for me..I'm confused the position of the "beside" and the 'preposition". 0-
0
0
0 Thanks for your kindly help for corrections of the sentences above. 0-
0

Related Questions