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There is a flower vase above the fireplace.
Radio is on the table.
Bookshelf is in the the bottom right corner.
Blact fat Cat is sitting infront of the fire .
Fireplace is beneath the beautiful picture.
Wall clock is hanging in the top left corner.


Inb Batota

UNESCO will celebrate the 700th anniversary of Ibn Batota birthday and the centenary for setting up the Islamic School for Calligraphy and Arts in Tripoli, Libya during UNESCO celebration of the historic events and personalities for the years 2004 and 2005.
 
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The radio is on the table.
TheBookshelf is in the the bottom rightcorner.
A (or the) fat black cat is sitting in front of the fire .
TheFireplace is beneath the beautiful picture.
The\aWall clock is hanging in the top left corner.

The bookshelp being in the bottom right-hand corner sounds strange- I'm not too keen on the use of 'bottom' here.
:lol:
 
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Ibn Batota said:
Check these sentences please, text in color will not change.


There is a flower vase above the fireplace.
Radio is on the table.
Bookshelf is in the the bottom right corner.
Blact fat Cat is sitting infront of the fire .
Fireplace is beneath the beautiful picture.
Wall clock is hanging in the top left corner.


Inb Batota

UNESCO will celebrate the 700th anniversary of Ibn Batota birthday and the centenary for setting up the Islamic School for Calligraphy and Arts in Tripoli, Libya during UNESCO celebration of the historic events and personalities for the years 2004 and 2005.
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Wall clock is hanging against the top left hand corner.
The bookshelf is at the bottom right hand corner.These are my suggestions
 
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Ibn Batota said:
tdol said:
The bookshelp being in the bottom right-hand corner sounds strange- I'm not too keen on the use of 'bottom' here.
:lol:
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Than what?
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One would not normally see a bookshelf in the corner of anything (except perhaps a room).

:)
 
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