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Bookmark or Share- 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!
- meaning in context - Left, Has Left or Is Left? - English Language ...Though all these mean the same that he has left the office, there's subtle difference. He left for the day - You are not specific at what time he left. He has left for the day - You mean he left some time ago as you mentioned at 3 pm. He is left for the day - It would mean that he is a kind of 'work' and is left (alone?) for the whole day!
- 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.
- the usage of phrase 'Leave ... behind'This is the same as sense (e) from your Longman quote. The event came to Beijing, and then when it left Beijing it 'left behind' memories of thrilling moments. It could be understood as either leaving these memories in Beijing or in the minds of the audience around the world (the Olympics also metaphorically visited them via the news and ...
- Which part of speech is "left" in "now there are only 5 cars left"?With that existential construction, "There were", the past participle left refers to the existential state of the apples, and that is usually labeled "adjectival". Three apples are left. Again, their existential state is referred to. Three apples had been left would refer to an act that resulted in them being there, and there left is a ...
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