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If I change the order of the sentence to "there's one still left", does the nuance get changed?

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Rebecca

No, the meaning of the sentence does not change in the slightest. You can say "there's one still left," and the emphasis on there being one tomato left does not change. Both "there's one still left" and "there's still one left" are okay. "Still" is one of those words that can be placed in different parts of the sentence without impacting the meaning, often times it only changes the place of emphasis or how you read a sentence. Ex: There's still one table available. Ex: There's one table still available.

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