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- Left vs. left from - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
I was under the impression that “left” and “left from” have very different meanings – for example, we can say: “The car left the garage an hour ago” Or “A pile of rubble is all that’s left fro
- prepositions - She is in on the left side of the picture? - English . . .
The person to the left in a photo was standing on the right when it was taken! So if you are describing a person's position in a photograph technically I suppose you should say " on the left of the photo", because you are referring to the printed photograph rather than what it depicts
- LEFT - Google Docs Editors Help
LEFT Returns a substring from the beginning of a specified string Sample usage LEFT(A2,2) LEFT('lorem ipsum') Syntax LEFT(string, [number_of_characters]) string – The string from which the left portion will be returned number_of_characters – [ OPTIONAL – 1 by default ] – The number of characters to return from the left side of string
- word usage - How to use “left” about remaining - English Language . . .
Sometimes, I heard or saw sentences with “left” For example: Be left A: How many windows are left? B: There are two windows left I wonder what “left” is Is that the past participle of verb
- I was leaving vs I left - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
They left before you did It doesn't matter whether you say "when I left" or "when I was leaving" From the past continuous "was leaving", one might—might—infer that you noticed as you were leaving that they had already gone The past continuous there wants some explanation for its use, and inference fills that void
- word usage - On his left or to his left - English Language Learners . . .
On to his left was a table John saw that to on his left was a table On Google, I found more results with "to", but I guess that doesn't make "on" wrong To my ear, "on" refers to a more generic position, and closer to the subject, whereas "to" refers to a precise direction, that might be very distant Another example: On to his left was a
- prepositions - She was sitting to on at his left - English Language . . .
1 She was sitting to on at his left Which preposition should I use in this context? Do they mean the same thing? I found this post on the difference between "at" and "on", which gave me some clues in answer to my question, but I believe the different context (sitting at a table) requires another post
- word usage - Can I call a door to the left left door? - English . . .
Grammatically, "left door" is fine, but you should consider ambiguities where your left is someone else's right In a car in which all occupants are facing the front of the vehicle, there's no possibility of confusion as to which side is the left (although many writers prefer driver's side and passenger's side, or nearside and offside)
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