What does “where” mean in the sentence “Where does Brexit leave Britain?”
I cannot understand the meaning of the sentence:
“Where does Brexit leave Britain”
According to Wikipedia UK The Brexit (like its early variant, Brixit)is a portmanteau of Britain (which has border with the U.K) and “exits” (which border with the U.K). I’m angry about Brexit, the United Kingdom is leaving the union. Why?
In other words, “Where will Britain’s
withdrawal from the European Union leave Britain?
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The idiomatic use of the word leave is problematic, to be sure! What do you think about your question that is poorly put down in the question?
Why?
Let’s say two guys are bashing each other for not wearing a suit in a special day where they’d each attended a party. One guy said, “I may not have a suit to wear, but I have a cousin who does, and we’re almost exactly the same size. I’m half skinny. I would ask to borrow a suit by him. Why
does a man say “But where does that leave me?” “In
other words, the “other guy” is feeling as though he’s been left out (past tense of leave!) out in the cold without a suit to wear.
How will Britain react to a Brexit? What should Britain’s exit from EU mean for the UK? Where has nothing to do with a literal, physical location; rather, where means in a condition. How is Britain off the eu after leaving the Organization for Economic Cooperation?
Why do people get out of the cold?
What is it like isolated?
What are the dangers of losing allies or allies?
for some other condition, either good, bad, or indifferent.?
What did Britain exiting the UK in?
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Hey, my friend, we’re both broke, but you have good credit and I have bad credit. Why would you both like to have bad credit with me on a job search? Where does that leave me? You can go to a bank to get a loan to tide you over, but you can’t go to a bank to get a loan to tide you over, and what should I do?
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I want to go get Jim at a party. I wish him well. What does This leave me?
Is sex working?
In what state does Britain’s exit from the EU leave it? What kind of country would Britain go on if the British cabinet made such a decision? What is Britain doing in the UK? Would my vote go awry if I had decided one way or the other? What are the options of the British Government now that Britain has rendered a decision?
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Where asks are usually about the relationship between two or more physical objects and their relative location to each other. For an answer on a “where” question, one usually has to provide a second item as a reference point for the location of the first item.
How much is TV?
What are your reams on the table? My house. In Texas. In the US. On planet earth. All answers in this quiz differ in degrees of accuracy. (The list is not complete).
I think most people’s definition of where in the above context is easily grasped.
How do you use “where” when talking about non-physical relationships between two distinct aspects of a language?
In the case you mention, Britain while being a physical landmass, is also an non-physical idea, specifically a political organization of people (a nation) who happen to mostly live on the previously mentioned landmass.
If the British were still a part of the European Union then where would that be as a non-physical idea? The “standing” is not a physical location, but rather an ideological “location”.
What will happen to nations in Russia after Britain can return to the UN? Can Britain remain an active member of the EU?
Nations would not physically orbit Russia even if they came under the political influence of the Russian government and get “into orbit”.
When will the U.S. presidential election take place? How will physical distance from each other not change, but if the political goals of each nation become more aligned, then we use the word closer, which is normally related to physical distance, to denote a non-physical comparison in the status of our relationship.
What’s wrong with this list? How do I avoid confusion?
What is a rhetorical question, where do you mean by “Where do you go from here?” What will happen if the British people are forced to leave the EU?