The phrase "leave a memory" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English.
It is often used to describe the act of creating a lasting impression or impact on someone or something. Example: As she packed up her belongings, she couldn't help but feel sad knowing that her childhood home would soon be sold and her family's memories would be left behind. She hoped that the new owners would appreciate and cherish the house and everything it had come to represent - a lifetime of love and laughter, and countless memories that would always leave a mark on her heart.
And, like Shelley, he was "toiling to leave a memory behind".
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There is accumulated evidence that fetal exposure to adverse conditions, such as nutritional imbalances, xenobiotics, or physical insults at critical stages, can leave a "memory" or a structural defect carried throughout life.
And those skills may last a lifetime: A Report in tomorrow's issue of Science shows that, at least in owls, early life experiences leave a memory trace on the brain that can lie dormant until adulthood and then be reactivated.
Living, to wing with mirth the weary hours, Or with romantic tales the heart to cheer; Dying, to leave a memory like the breath Of summers full of sunshine and of showers, A grief and gladness in the atmosphere.
"Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.
At that point the sound was cut on the television broadcast and Colonel Qaddafi stormed out of the room, leaving a memory that surely made it easier for those leaders to endorse the no-fly zone, political analysts said.
Fermor remembered spending those first years, "said to be such formative ones, more or less as a small farmer's child run wild: they have left a memory of complete and unalloyed bliss".
The house hummus was fresh and garlicky, the baba ganoush aubergine dip lumpy and not noticeably smoky, the grilled sardines with chermoula spices came and went without leaving a memory, the pastry "cigars" with apricots and cinnamon lamb were spring rolls, unpleasantly sweet but rescued by a yoghurt dip.
It has also been hypothesized that Bardanes may have participated in the suppression of the Armeniacs' revolt in 793, leaving a memory of hostility towards him amongst its troops.
This irrational primacy effect is independent of the primacy effect in memory in which the earlier items in a series leave a stronger memory trace.
