REST or LEFT? I get confused often when I use REST or LEFT. I don’t master to use “rest” and “left” yet. I made these two sentences. REST or LEFT which one is the correct word in each sentence? How d

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REST or LEFT? I get confused often when I use REST or LEFT. I don’t master to use “rest” and “left” yet. I made these two sentences. REST or LEFT which one is the correct word in each sentence? How do I know which I should use? There were still tree miles REST or LEFT to get the goal of the full marathon. There are 3minutes LEFT or REST until the train comes. Thank you for reading. Then I found a good website to learn more about Left and Rest:) https://www.myhappyenglish.com/free-english-lesson/2013/09/10/free-english-vocabulary-lesson-have-something-left-vs-the-rest/ Thank you very much for corrections and explanations, everyone!

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REST or LEFT?

I often get confused about often when to I use REST or LEFT. I haven't don’t mastered it to use “rest” and “left” yet. I made these two sentences. REST or LEFT which one is the correct word in each sentence? How do I know which I should use?

There were still three miles REST or LEFT to finish the get the goal of the full marathon.

There are 3 minutes LEFT or REST until the train comes.

Thank you for reading.

Left can mean remaining OR remember that you have two hands a left one and a right one.

Rest means to relax, to stop doing what you were doing. It can also mean the remainder eg. I have finished studying I can rest(relax) for the rest (remainder) of the day.

REST or LEFT?

I get confused often when I use REST or LEFT. I don’t haven't masterd the use of “rest” and “left” yet. I made these two sentences. REST or LEFT which one is the correct word in each sentence? How do I know which I should use?

There were still three miles REST or LEFT to get to the goal of the a full marathon.

There are 3minutes LEFT or REST until the train comes.

Thank you for reading.

Good. I made a few corrections in the questions. As the others have said LEFT means "remaining"

There is also an unrelated meaning LEFT = 左 This is a confusing aspect of English where words can have completly different meanings even though they are spelled and pronounced the same.

There are 3 minutes LEFT to REST until the train comes. (Here, left is duration again, but now rest means relaxing. Sorry that words have multiple meanings!)

There were still three miles LEFT to finish the REST of the full marathon. (Here, left is duration like distance or time. rest is a portion of the race)

Thank you for your detailed explanations!

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