leave the driving us

ostap77 · Oct 5, 2011

"If we agree on the terms, you're going to have to leave the driving us."

Can I leave something someboby or I have to stick to leave something to somebody?

Rover_KE · Oct 5, 2011

It has to be '. . .leave the driving to us'.

Rover

ostap77 · Oct 5, 2011

Rover_KE said:
It has to be '. . .leave the driving to us'.

Rover

I've just been watching a Canadian series Flash Point. And a guy in it said "Leave the driving us". Would it be a native-like mistake?

5jj · Oct 5, 2011

No. It's the sort of thing devious people plant on the internet knowing that one day an ostap will come along and find it.

ostap77 · Oct 5, 2011

fivejedjon said:
No. It's the sort of thing devious people plant on the internet knowing that one day an ostap will come along and find it.

Flash point. Episode 10. Would there be an intended meaning? If it's wrong, I won't be using it.

5jj · Oct 5, 2011

Rover told you the appropriate form in post #2. Why do you always insist on finding examples of the unnatural?

ostap77 · Oct 5, 2011

fivejedjon said:
Rover told you the appropriate form in post #2. Why do you always insist on finding examples of the unnatural?

I believe Canadians speak good English? And so do the members of a specila response unit?

5jj · Oct 5, 2011

ostap77 said:
I believe Canadians speak good English? And so do the members of a specila response unit?

Keep going, ostap. I am going through one of those occasional periods when I just get so frustrated by your determination to go for the wrong thing that I shall not bother for a while. Not to worry. There are plenty of people around with more patience than I.

ostap77 · Oct 6, 2011

fivejedjon said:
Keep going, ostap. I am going through one of those occasional periods when I just get so frustrated by your determination to go for the wrong thing that I shall not bother for a while. Not to worry. There are plenty of people around with more patence than I.

Hey! Brits are not supposed to be so hot blooded.

birdeen's call · Oct 6, 2011

ostap77 said:
If it's wrong, I won't be using it.

It's wrong so don't use it.

I have taken the trouble to find the subtitle file for the episode on the web and it's "to us" in it.

ostap77 · Oct 6, 2011

birdeen's call said:
It's wrong so don't use it.

I have taken the trouble to find the subtitle file for the episode on the web and it's "to us" in it.

I would be mighty oblidged if you would take your time to listen to the actual episode. I need to be proved wrong!!!!

riquecohen · Oct 6, 2011

ostap77 said:
I would be mighty oblidged if you would take your time to listen to the actual episode. I need to be proved wrong!!!!

Whatever you heard is of no importance. If you did, indeed, hear "leave the driving us," just forget about it. You've been told that it's wrong and nobody says it, whether it be in Canada, the US or Western Samoa. Why beat a dead horse?

Tdol · Oct 6, 2011

It could be a matter of the pronunciation- it could become /draɪvɪŋtʌs/, which might make it hard to hear.

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