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The map is in the backpack I left it in the car. vs The map is in the backpack that I left in the car.

Both phrases are correct, but they have slightly different meanings. The first phrase implies that the speaker left the backpack in the car, while the second phrase specifies that the speaker left the backpack in the car. The choice between the two depends on whether you want to emphasize the action of leaving the backpack or simply state its location.

Last updated: March 26, 2024 • 1099 views

The map is in the backpack I left it in the car.

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase implies that the speaker left the backpack in the car. It is a more casual way of expressing the idea.
  • The time machine return pad is in the backpack that other Stewie is wearing.
  • What else is in the backpack?
  • Look, do you have what I left in the backpack?
  • Packed in the backpack were found videos and hard drives.
  • Let me take him with me in the backpack.
  • The clothes were folded very neatly in the backpack.
  • This was found in the backpack.
  • You put it in the backpack.
  • What was in the backpack... that you would like back?
  • You have a child in the backpack?
  • Never forget Herman Melville, writes a ripping yarn about a big white whale which is summarily dismissed, and yet today, it is lugged around in the backpacks of every serious student of literature in the world.
  • - I - What's in the backpack?
  • You want to know what's in the backpacks?
  • We're absolutely sure there's nothing in the backpacks we found?
  • You can see on this climber, we have two oxygen tanks in the backpack - little titanium tanks, very lightweight - and we're not carrying much else.
  • Put it in the backpack and bring it to the northeast corner of 1st Avenue and 47 th.
  • What the sticker says Aston Villa in the backpack.
  • They were in the backpack and now the backpack isn't here.
  • The map is useless without the tool to decipher it.
  • The map is good, Quill.

Alternatives:

  • the map is in the backpack that I left in the car.
  • I left the map in the backpack in the car.

The map is in the backpack that I left in the car.

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase specifies that the speaker left the backpack in the car. It is a more formal way of expressing the idea.
  • The time machine return pad is in the backpack that other Stewie is wearing.
  • Look, do you have what I left in the backpack?
  • What else is in the backpack?
  • Packed in the backpack were found videos and hard drives.
  • Let me take him with me in the backpack.
  • The clothes were folded very neatly in the backpack.
  • This was found in the backpack.
  • You put it in the backpack.
  • What was in the backpack... that you would like back?
  • You have a child in the backpack?
  • Never forget Herman Melville, writes a ripping yarn about a big white whale which is summarily dismissed, and yet today, it is lugged around in the backpacks of every serious student of literature in the world.
  • - I - What's in the backpack?
  • You want to know what's in the backpacks?
  • We're absolutely sure there's nothing in the backpacks we found?
  • You can see on this climber, we have two oxygen tanks in the backpack - little titanium tanks, very lightweight - and we're not carrying much else.
  • Put it in the backpack and bring it to the northeast corner of 1st Avenue and 47 th.
  • What the sticker says Aston Villa in the backpack.
  • They were in the backpack and now the backpack isn't here.
  • I'm sorry, darling, but I'm not going back and rewrite my ransom note that I left in my prayer book.
  • The map is useless without the tool to decipher it.

Alternatives:

  • the map is in the backpack I left in the car.
  • I left the map in the backpack in the car.

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