Timeline for Left confused meaning
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| Sep 18, 2018 at 8:00 | answer | added | Peter | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 18, 2018 at 2:16 | history | migrated | from english.stackexchange.com (revisions) | ||
| Sep 17, 2018 at 19:14 | comment | added | Jason Bassford | Before the typhoon came, commuters were not confused. When the typhoon left, commuters were confused. So, the typhoon left the commuters confused. Or, in the passive construction you gave, the commuters were left confused. It's not specific to feelings (or states of mind)—it can apply to anything. It left the city in shambles. It left commuters late to work. It left residents without power. | |
| Sep 17, 2018 at 16:08 | comment | added | jimm101 | You might be parsing the phrase "left confused" incorrectly. It can be expanded to "...commuters were left remaining in a state of confusion...". The mental image is of someone having a mix of reactions, and settling on a state of confusion. | |
| Sep 17, 2018 at 14:18 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | It's quite natural to say things like He was left exhausted after [doing something strenuously tiring]. Think of to be left [adjective] as equivalent to to end up [being in some state, as a result of some event or activity]. You could interpret something like (often metaphoric) He was left holding the baby as meaning Others abandoned him, leaving him in that situation, but He ended up holding the baby is just as good a way of saying the same thing. | |
| Sep 17, 2018 at 14:12 | history | asked | user311410 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |