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Pamela81 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

To leave something aside

Hi,
today I had to explain to my customer that we will discuss the details of the stand regarding colours of the carpet, only after calculating the price. Please check my sentence if it works.

"Please let´s leave it aside for the moment, we will talk about the colours later after calculating the price"

I´d like to know if "to leave it aside" is OK

Thanks

Pamela
  

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Pamela81 I´d like to know if "to leave it aside" is OK I wouldn't use it. To my ear, it's not idiomatic. " Pamela81 Please let´s leave it aside for the moment Yes, you'll hear native speakers say this, but it wouldn't be said by an "educated" person.

— Avangi

  • Pamela81 I´d like to know if "to leave it aside" is OK I wouldn't use it.
  • To my ear, it's not idiomatic.
  • " Pamela81 Please let´s leave it aside for the moment Yes, you'll hear native speakers say this, but it wouldn't be said by an "educated" person.
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Pamela81I´d like to know if "to leave it aside" is OK
I wouldn't use it. To my ear, it's not idiomatic.

We say "lay it aside."

We say, "Just leave it." "Just leave it over there."
Pamela81Please let´s leave it aside for the moment
Yes, you'll hear native speakers say this, but it wouldn't be said by an "e
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Avangi Pamela81I´d like to know if "to leave it aside" is OKI wouldn't use it. To my ear, it's not idiomatic.We say "lay it aside."We say, "Just leave it." "Just leave it over there."
"to lay it aside" is what I need. Thank you!

"just leave it" or "just leave it over there" give me the impression that I do not want to talk about this at all. I want o
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Pamela81 I want only to postpone it.
"Postpone" is the word! I just couldn't think of a way to fit it into your sentence!
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Avangi Pamela81 I want only to postpone it."Postpone" is the word! I just couldn't think of a way to fit it into your sentence!
I hope no more edits Avangi .....
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Pamela81You have mentioned that "to leave aside" is not wrong but is not polite.
Hmmm, I can't find where I said that. I meant to say that it's "low register -- uneducated." I could be wrong about that.

Perhaps something like, "Let's leave aside personal differences for the moment" would be a natural usage.
Yes, we say things like, "Leaving asi
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Avangi .Hmmm, I can't find where I said that. I meant to say that it's "low register -- uneducated." I could be wrong about that
You didn´t use "not polite" but you wrote that it wouldn´t be said by an educated person, so I deducted that it is not polite :-)

That´s fine Avangi, all is clear!

Thanks
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Pamela81Please let´s leave it aside for the moment, we will talk about the colours later after calculating the price
I tend to use "set aside".

Let's just set that aside for the moment. We can talk about that later.

CJ
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Ok CJ,

I think I can remember "to set aside" is quite easy :-)

Thank you
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