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Moon7296 Posted 15 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

~ do you have left?

How many pieces do you have left?

Does the sentence above is the same as the one below? or what?; sometimes, I'm having hard time knowing the structure with 'left'

How many pieces do you leave?
  

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The two sentences have different meanings. How many pieces do you have left? " How many pieces do you leave?

  • The two sentences have different meanings.
  • How many pieces do you have left?
  • " How many pieces do you leave?
  • " ) I hope this helps.
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The two sentences have different meanings.

How many pieces do you have left?
This means something like
"Of all the pieces you orginally had, how many of those are left (remain)?"
The subject is "pieces."


How many pieces do you leave?
This means something like
"You are leaving (us) how many pieces?"

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