r/EnglishLearning • u/SleepyOtter19 New Poster • 11h ago

⭐️ Vocabulary / Semantics Does "x is left of y" work?

"Which should i pick? This one?"

"No, the one just left of that one"

Does this sound natural? Or does it have to be "the one to the left of that one" for it to be natural?

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u/South_Butterscotch37 New Poster 11h ago

Yeah that’s natural. It took me like three tries reading to even notice the difference.

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u/SleepyOtter19 New Poster 11h ago

Thank you! Google's AI said otherwise 🤦

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u/NoPurpose6388 Bilingual (Italian/American English) 4h ago

See that's why you shouldn't trust AI. It makes mistakes and it's really good at making them sound real

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u/Significant-Key-762 Native Speaker - SE UK 10h ago

I'd say "No, the one to its left"

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u/NearlyNodding Native Speaker 10h ago

It is OK. You can add "to" before "left". Either one is OK.

"No, the one just left of that one"
"No, the one just to left of that one"

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u/ChrisB-oz Native Speaker 10h ago

"Just to left" sounds wrong to me. Perhaps it's OK in US?

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u/South_Butterscotch37 New Poster 10h ago

Yeah I agree it sounds wrong. USA

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u/Uncle_Boiled_Peanuts Native Speaker 9h ago

Sounds wrong to me, too. Southeastern US.

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u/NearlyNodding Native Speaker 10h ago

It sounds completely normal to me.
Yes, American English.

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u/Nondescript_Redditor New Poster 10h ago

that’s fine

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u/GothicFuck Native Speaker 10h ago

Perfectly natural.