Placing the objects in a drawing
I am trying to guess where I have to place a black cat and an orange jack-o lantern in this drawing but I am not sure. The instructions are:
Draw a black cat on the bottom left corner
Draw an orange jack-o -lantern in the bottom right corner.
I don't understand either why in the first is with "on" and in the second is with "in".
Thank you.
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Here is a picture showing the correct position of the jack-o-lantern and cat, Nila. I hope it helps.
By the way, the ghost and bat could be in various places (no particular roof or wall is specificied...as all walls are purple and all roofs are red).
In this case, "in the corner" would be best for both instructions...but "on the corner"works, too, I guess. There is no real difference in meaning in this case (a simple drawing on a sheet of paper). In other situations, "in the corner" and "on the corner" may not be interchangeable.
Hi Nila,
I think it might just be a typo. The instructions should read the same in both cases. They should both read:
"in the bottom right/left corner"
The word "in is used because the placement is in a corner. However, "on" would be used if the instructions had read to draw something on the right/left side of the page.
"AT the door" is when you are by the door, but "IN the door" is because you are inside the house in costume in the drawing and the person who is looking at the drawing sees you in costumbre inside the house. Is that it?
When you are "in the door," you are not in the house, but you are also not outside the house. As you go through the door, for just a moment, you are "in the door" (or, more commonly, "in the doorway").
El gato....... en la izquierda inferior. Jack-o-lantern....... en la derecha inferior.
Actually, on and in are used interchangably for this type of instruction depending on which part of the country you are in. They both would be readily understandable to us bumpkins in the Midwest.
Nila, you will also sometimes see the same directions reading,
Draw the black cat in the bottom left-hand corner.
Draw the orange jack-o-lantern in the bottom right-hand corner.
A jack-o-lantern is a pumpkin that has been hollowed out with a carved face on it and illumination inside.
On is incorrect. In is correct. Draw a black cat in the bottom left corner. Draw an orange jack-o -lantern in the bottom right corner. In a picture, in the corner. On a table, on the corner.
I hadn't noticed something more. This sentence "draw yourself in costume in the door".
"AT the door" is when you are by the door, but "IN the door" is because you are inside the house in costume in the drawing and the person who is looking at the drawing sees you in costumbre inside the house. Is that it?
I think, I haven't been understood correctly. Where do I have to put the two objects.in the picture?
I am not sure I understand your second question. Placing and positioning would be similar concepts here.
Apart from the question of "on" and "in", I would like you to place the two objects in the picture. I want to know what is the placing of them following the instructions.
