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Riglos Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

leave or leave from?

0Hi all!02br
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00I was wondering whether the preposition "from" could be used after "leave" in the following example:02br
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00- The plane leaves Gatwick airport at 5 pm.02br
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00Is it correct if I say "the plane leaves 01u00from02u00 Gatwick aiport at 5 pm"?02br
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00I find this construction a little tricky, for when I phrase it in a different way, it turns out that a preposition is needed, even though dictionaries don't list "from" as one of the possibilities which could follow "leave". Here's my rephrasing which, I think, needs a prepositon after "leave":02br
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00- "The plane leaves at 5 pm 01u01b00from02b02u00 Gatwick airport".02br
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00Is this possible or not? I find this quite confusing, though I know it's a simple structure, I don't know why. Any ideas?02br
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00Thanks!02br
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00Mara.0-
  

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01cite10Riglos12cite10"The plane leaves from Gatwick aiport at 5 pm".12br
10"The plane leaves at 5 pm from Gatwick airport".12blockquote
10 To me, both are fine.02br
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0Hi Paco and thanks for your quick reply!02br
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00Now, what about "the plane leaves Gatwick airport at 5 pm"?02br
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00The problem is that "from" isn't listed as one possible option after "leave" in the dictionaries. Could you think of any reason why this is so?02br
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00Thanks!02br
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00Mara.0-
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0 Leave in the sense of "depart from" can be used as transitive and intransitive verbs. If it is used as intransitive, it is normally construed with "from (the starting place)" or with "for (the destination)".02br
00 (EX) The plane left from JFK Airport at 10:15 am.02br
00 (EX) The plane left for London at 10:15 am.02br
00 (EX) The plane left JFK A
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