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Should a pronominal sense be added, such as singular/plural{he was - they were} the last of the Tudors, --Backinstadiums (talk)20:08, 21 October 2018 (UTC)Reply
What does "the 17th last" mean in the example? --Backinstadiums (talk)18:11, 8 March 2019 (UTC)Reply
1. One that is at the end or last:the last to be chosen; on every page but the last. 2. The end:held out until the last. 3. The final mention or appearance;latest:haven't seen the last of our troubles.https://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=last
--Backinstadiums (talk)16:20, 4 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
These are thelast of our apples.We finished thelast of the milk at breakfast.(The least likely)Known for their self-sufficiency, fishermen would be thelast to admit to mental strainhttps://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/last1_3
--Backinstadiums (talk)11:35, 24 November 2020 (UTC)Reply
Before the last such time period. This phrase is usually used with quantities of time, such as years, months, and weeks.I got my degree the yearbefore last. --Backinstadiums (talk)18:25, 2 April 2021 (UTC)Reply
Page 265 of the Collins English Usage reads
If one of a series of events is happening now or has just happened, you refer to it as the latest one.You refer to the event before the latest one as the last one. If no event of the kind you are talking about has happened recently, you refer to the most recent one as the last one.If someone keeps having or producing a series of things, you refer to the one they have now or the one they have produced most recently as their latest one.You refer to the one before their latest one as their last one. If they have not had or produced one recently, you refer to their most recent one as their last one.
I do not understand the use of the last for the one before the latest one, and unfortunately no example is given for it. --Backinstadiums (talk)15:55, 14 September 2020 (UTC)Reply
What meaning is used inYou take off for the powder room and that's thelast I see you ? --Backinstadiums (talk)20:17, 1 March 2021 (UTC)Reply
What PoS and meaning is used here?JMGN (talk)20:15, 23 March 2025 (UTC)Reply