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Shanks8532 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

When describing a location of a third person

Hi I'm not sure if these phrases are natural to be used.
I would like to tell the location a person stands behind someone but on the right.(Not right behind someone)

1) a person diagonally in front on your left
2) a person diagonally forward on your left
3) a person on your front left

4) a person diagonally behind on your left
5) a person diagonally backward on your left
6) a person on your back left

Please someone answer me with Yes( natural) or No for each sentence.

Thank you in advance.
Yoshi
  

Top answer

None are natural. Say eg He is standing behind, and to the right of, the person facing me. Clive

— Clive

  • None are natural.
  • Say eg He is standing behind, and to the right of, the person facing me.
  • Clive
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None are natural.
Say eg
He is standing behind, and to the right of, the person facing me.

Clive
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Thank you Clive!
I have following 3 questions.
  1. So can I say for example "Oh my ***! Look at the lady standing behind and to the left of you. She looks like a cat!" ??
  2. I thought I could say like "Please look at the lady on your front left (or back left)", is it wrong?
  4. Is there any other way of describing the location
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can I say for example "Oh my ***! Look at the lady standing behind and to the left of you. She looks like a cat!" ?? Yes. But do you really want the woman to hear what you say about her?
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I understand completely! Thank you so much.CliveEmotion: shake hands!

Yoshi
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Sorry, one more thing I would like to check is "Look at the lady on your right front!",
I just switched the order of words.

Is it still bad?? I think I saw some Eng web sites show "on your left(right) front" in their articles. Not sure though.

I would be grateful if you could answer this too!
Yoshi
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It doesn't sound good at all.

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Generally speaking, you have to consider many factors in discussing such spatial references. For example, where is the speaker in relation to the other people?
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I see, I found this pretty difficult to get used to ... I appreciate very much for your advice!
Yoshi
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