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#2 (permalink) Mon Feb 16, 2009 15:04 pm difference between leave and depart |
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Hi,
'Leave' is used for both people and transport 'going away from' but 'depart' is usually reserved for transport: The train departs at 6 pm and we also have the word 'departure' as in 'departure times' and the opposite meaning 'arrival times'.
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#3 (permalink) Tue Jun 04, 2013 20:52 pm difference between leave and depart |
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leaving early today=apart from the morning today? thanx |
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#4 (permalink) Thu Jun 06, 2013 11:33 am difference between leave and depart |
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Hi Saneta, I'm not sure I understand your question. Do you mean to ask if early today means early in the morning? Yes, early today means in the early morning.
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#5 (permalink) Thu Jun 06, 2013 17:37 pm difference between leave and depart |
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ook, but speaker means that he/she doesn't want to leave early morning himself/herself or with the other speaker?
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#6 (permalink) Thu Jun 06, 2013 20:55 pm difference between leave and depart |
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The speaker is saying that he cannot allow the other person to leave early. (Note that there is no indication that this is morning. In fact, the most likely scenario is a worker asking his boss if he can leave work early... for example, if he can possibly finish work at 4 p.m. instead of 5:30 p.m. or similar) _________________ "Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened."
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