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I'm asked to construct a sentence based on the picture using the two words given.
This is my sentence:
She is playing with her baby sister by the cot.

My question is, is it ok to use "by the cot"? Or how can i describe the position of the girl? Thank you very much.:)
 

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I'd write: The girl is playing with her baby sister that/who is lying in the cot.
 

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FYI, that is not a cot in the picture, it is a crib*. (I do understand your assignment requires "cot".)

*I see now that this is an AmE distinction.

2 British : crib
 

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I'd write: The girl is playing with her baby sister [STRIKE]that/[/STRIKE] who is lying in the cot.

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Thanks everyone! I got it. :)
 

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If she were 'playing with her baby sister by the cot' they'd both be on the floor by the cot - quite possible, but a different picture.

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