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We’ll leave for the airport at 10 AM; they, at 11 AM.

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Sentence

Narrator

We’ll leave for the airport at 10 AM; they, at 11 AM.

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

Giving Instructions

We'll depart for the airport at 10 AM, and you should leave at 11 AM.

Sharing a Schedule

Our departure time is 10 AM; theirs is an hour later.

Confirming Plans

Just to confirm, we leave at 10 AM, and they leave at 11 AM, right?

Making a Comparison

We're leaving an hour earlier than they are; we leave at 10 AM, and they leave at 11 AM.

Rephrased versions

Formal

Our departure from the airport is scheduled for 10:00 AM; their departure is scheduled for 11:00 AM.

Casual

We're heading to the airport at 10, and they're going at 11.

Simpler English

We leave for the airport at 10 AM; they leave at 11 AM.

Phrases to learn

leave for the airport

To depart from a location to go to the airport.

at 10 AM

At ten o'clock in the morning.