Anonymous  +  663571 Thu, 05 Feb 09 10:05 AM Teachers. I leave it to you. I'll leave it to you. Which of these are consider to be correct, when you want to say to someone that everything now is in his/her hand? Similarly, I hold you to it. I'll hold you to it. In this situation, can you also say like 'Now, it's in your hand.'? Thank you very much. Anonymous

	Grammar Geek  +  663715 Thu, 05 Feb 09 02:06 PM I'll leave it up to you = It's your decision to make I'll leave it (up) to you to finish this = It's in your hands now. (Note: plural, hands, not hand) I'll hold you to it = You have made a promises and I expect that you will fulfill that promise. Do you want some sample situations to use each?   Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,683 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random! Plurals, Samples