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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

leave me with a few pieces

Don't eat up the cake; leave us with a few pieces.

... leave us a few pieces.

... leave a few pieces to us.

... leave a few pieces for us.

Which ones of all of the above sound sound right? Thanks.
  

Top answer

Don't eat up the whole cake; leave us with a few pieces. ( wrong ) ... leave us a few pieces.

  • Don't eat up the whole cake; leave us with a few pieces.
  • ( wrong ) ...
  • leave us a few pieces.
  • ( wrong ) ...
  • leave a few pieces to us.
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8 Answers
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Don't eat up the whole cake;

leave us with a few pieces. (wrong)

... leave us a few pieces. (wrong)

... leave a few pieces to us. (wrong)

...
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Don't eat up the whole cake;

leave us with a few pieces. (wrong)

... leave us a few pieces. (wrong)

... leave a few pieces to us. (wrong)

...
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Can the first pharase be written as 'don't eat the whole cake up' ?. Is 'eat up' a separable pharasal verb?
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My take:

'don't eat the whole cake up' ...Wrong
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AngliholicDon't eat (up) all of the cake; leave us with a few pieces. possibly

... leave us a few pieces. OK

... leave a few pieces to us. No

...
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Yankee
AngliholicDon't eat (up) all of the cake; leave us with a few pieces. possibly

... leave us a few pieces. OK

... leave a few pieces to us. No

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NooriIs 'eat up' a separable pharasal verb?
Yes
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Anonymous
Yankee
AngliholicDon't eat (up) all of the cake; leave us with a few pieces. possibly

... leave us a few pieces. OK

... leave a few pieces to us.

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