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    left-hand / left side

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    left-hand / left side

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    On the left side you can see a book.
    On the left-hand side you can see a book.
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    Is there a difference in these sentences? What would be more common in American English? In a student's book there's the sentence "In the left-hand corner..."
    So I wonder (for kids it would be easier) why not say "In the left corner ..."

    Or: "On the left side."

    Thanks for your help.
    AuthorThomas18 Jan 10, 10:54
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    On the left you can see a book.
    On the left-hand side you can see a book.

    Both of these sound natural. For some reason, "On the left side you can see a book" does not sound natural, so I wouldn't teach kids to say it. The same applies to "in the left-hand corner".
    #1AuthorSteve UK18 Jan 10, 10:57
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    Wouldn't you even teach it if it's about a description of a picture? So it's kind of unreal. On the left-hand side sounds to me like "you're standing here and the thing is on the left-hand side next to you, really". Without "hand" it sounds more abstract to me. Am I right or not?
    #2AuthorThomas18 Jan 10, 11:02
     
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