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Is there difference between "leftover" and "remaining" when used as an adjective?
Is there difference between "leftover" and "remaining" when used as an adjective?
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It really just depends on how you use it
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@Gacha_Blox: I see, if I prepared my onions, but I didn't use all of them to cook, so I put the leftover/remaining onions in the frige. Which works in this case?
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Both they would both make sense but in this case I would use remaking because when I think of leftovers I think of food you had that night and having it another night
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