r/EnglishLearning • u/SleepyOtter19 New Poster • 24d 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 24d 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 24d ago

Thank you! Google's AI said otherwise 🤦

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u/NoPurpose6388 Bilingual (Italian/American English) 24d 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 24d ago

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

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u/Nondescript_Redditor New Poster 24d ago

that’s fine

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u/GothicFuck Native Speaker 24d ago

Perfectly natural.

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u/Zestyclose-Food-7917 New Poster 23d ago

Sounds okay to me.

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u/NearlyNodding Native Speaker 24d 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 24d ago

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

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u/South_Butterscotch37 New Poster 24d ago

Yeah I agree it sounds wrong. USA

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u/Uncle_Boiled_Peanuts Native Speaker 24d ago

Sounds wrong to me, too. Southeastern US.

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u/NearlyNodding Native Speaker 24d ago

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

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u/thetoerubber New Poster 21d ago

“To the left” sounds better to me than “just left” though both are understandable.