Jane invited me into her home. In the corner of her living room, a massive piano rested.

[alpacinou]

Is it correct to use "rest" in this way? Is this sentence correct and natural?

Jane invited me into her home. In the corner of her living room, a massive piano rested.

 

[Tarheel]

Try:

In one corner of her living room there was a huge piano.

 

[alpacinou]

Try:

In one corner of her living room there was a huge piano.

I already knew that. I want to see if the sentence in post 1 is correct.

 

[Rover_KE]

It's exceedingly unnatural.

 

[emsr2d2]

Pianos don't "rest" anywhere. Reserve its use for things that weigh a lot less and for things that are only in that position temporarily. For example "Her hand rested gently on his thigh".

 

[Tarheel]

"In the corner of her living room" makes no sense. Aren't there four corners in her living room?

 

[5jj]

"In the corner of her living room" makes no sense. Aren't there four corners in her living room?

"In one corner ..." is more logical, but I think that many of us would use 'the'.

 

[Rover_KE]

Pianos don't "rest" anywhere.

Right. I was wondering what it could have been doing to need a rest.

 

[tzfujimino]

1. In the/one corner of her living room was a huge piano.
2. A huge piano sat in the/one corner of her living room.
3. In the/one corner of her living room sat a huge piano.

I think #1 and #2 are OK.
Is #3 OK, too?

 

[jutfrank]

Is #3 OK, too?

Yes.

 

[EngLearner]

4. In the/one corner of her living room stood a huge piano.

Does the above version work?

 

[emsr2d2]

Yes.