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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Left or right
So I get confused by this positional phrase "on the left (or right)" used just by itself because I can get different answer from different people about exactly which side is intended. So I just want to know from language guru which is correct.
Let's say we are standing on the street and looking at 3 consecutive (can I use it here?) houses, if I say "it's the one on the right", which house would you perceive it to be?
------ house 1 ---- house 2 ---- house 3 ----
------ standing on the street facing the houses ------
Thank you.
Let's say we are standing on the street and looking at 3 consecutive (can I use it here?) houses, if I say "it's the one on the right", which house would you perceive it to be?
------ house 1 ---- house 2 ---- house 3 ----
------ standing on the street facing the houses ------
Thank you.
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Anonymous which house would you perceive it to be? #3 Anonymous I can get different answer from different people about exactly which side is intended. , instead of houses, a person is standing across the street with a house on his left, which is the same as our right.
- Anonymous which house would you perceive it to be?
- #3 Anonymous I can get different answer from different people about exactly which side is intended.
- , instead of houses, a person is standing across the street with a house on his left, which is the same as our right.
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Anonymouswhich house would you perceive it to be?#3
Anonymous I can get different answer from different people about exactly which side is intended.This happens among native speakers as well, but usually in connection with human rights and lefts: i.e., instead of houses, a person is standing across the street with a house
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