leave them as is/ as are

"leave them as THEY are"

Yes, with the "they," you clearly need "are." However "as-is" is also an idiomatic use that means "in the condition they are in."

These items sold as-is, for example, means "they might be damaged, but that's what you're getting, so don't look for a discount because of it."

So idiomatically, you could say "Just leave them as-is." Don't bother fixing them, making them prett

GG's right, I didn't get this "commercial as is" from the context.

In that case, I would use "Just leave them as-is."

Hi,

It's not really restricted to a commercial context. eg in an office:

Employee: Do you want me to add that to the contract?

Boss: No, just leave it as is. (ie don't change it)

It's a pretty common expression. I'd write it without the hyphen.

Best wishes, Clive

Clive,

the point was in the plural I guess ;

Employee: Do you want me to add that to the contracts?

Boss: No, just leave them as is / as-is / as are / as they are ..

.. which one of the above is correct / wrong ?

Pavel