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Teo Posted 19 years ago
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How many marbles did he have left? / How many marbles did he leave?

0How many rabbits did he have left? How many of the six pennies did she have left? How many boats did Joe have left?02br
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00Are the above sentences acceptable? If you are a teacher of English, will you advise your students to avoid such usage?0-
  

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00 00The examples in your title have different meanings:02br 02br 02br 02br 00How many marbles did he have left? 02br 02br 00How many marbles did he leave? 02br 02br 00Lil' Ruby Rose0-

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  • 00 00The examples in your title have different meanings:02br 02br 02br 02br 00How many marbles did he have left?
  • 02br 02br 00How many marbles did he leave?
  • 02br 02br 00Lil' Ruby Rose0-
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0They’re all fine.00 00The examples in your title have different meanings:02br
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00How many marbles did he have left? = 00 00how many did he keep after some were taken away from him?02br
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00How many marbles did he leave? = how many did he put down and walk away from?02br
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00Lil' Ruby
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1sub00Teo,02sub02br
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00Although your example sentences sounded a little odd, the structure is correct. 02br
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00How many hours 01b00do we have left02b00 before the deadline?02br
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00Deadline is tomorrow and we only 01b00have a few hours left02b00 to finish the pr
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00How many rabbits did he have left? How many of the six pennies did she have left? How many boats did Joe have left?12blockquote
10Are the above sentences acceptable? Yes. Perfect.02br
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00If you are a teacher of English, will you advise your students to avoid such usage? No. There is no need to avoid this usag
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