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- prepositions - She is in on the left side of the picture? - English . . .
What may change things slightly here is that you are referring to a particular part of the photo, the left We always say "on the left", never "in the left", as that is simply incorrect What you see as the left side of a photograph isn't technically the left The person to the left in a photo was standing on the right when it was taken!
- 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 from the garage after the bombing”, However, it is incorrect to say: “The car left from the garage” Am I right or wrong?
- LEFT - Google Docs Editors Help
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 Notes 0 is a valid input for number_of_characters and will cause LEFT to return the
- word usage - How to use “left” about remaining - English Language . . .
But left is different, in that by definition, if I still have them they must be left [over], and also by definition I can't still "have" any other tickets which are not left remaining Repetition and tautology are not inherently incorrect in English, but in a case like your example #B there, we simply wouldn't do it
- left Vs. remained? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
@Perplexedfolks The difference is explained in the answer "Remain" is the action performed by the eggs (i e "the eggs remain"), but "left" is an action performed to the eggs, so "left" uses passive voice (i e "the eggs are left") The verbs describe a similar situation, but with a different emphasis
- I was leaving vs I left - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
The past perfect "had gone home" establishes the temporal relationship of everyone else's departure to your own 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
- 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)
- word usage - Is it more fitting to say, I left two comments on the . . .
"I left two comments on the page yesterday" suggests you put the comments there for somebody else to see, so this implies that someone --maybe the listener-- should read and address them In contrast, "make a comment" is a simple statement about something you did, and has no other implied meaning on its own Maybe they're to help a teammate, or
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