Is this the right usage of “the latter” [on hold]
I believe he is not the shittest player. Rather he is the second best.
I prefer the latter.
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I believe he is not the shittest player. Rather he is the second best.
I prefer the latter.
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It's OK so long as you don't let a cat walk under it.
– Hot Licks
5 hours ago
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what are you trying to say? The latter simply refers to the second /last of two things named.
– Jim
5 hours ago
The sentences read as if they are part of an informal conversation. "I prefer the latter" is not so much incorrect as redundant. The use of the word "rather" commits the speaker to a preference for the the descriptor "second best". "I prefer the latter", uses the word 'latter' to refer, as it should, to the second of the two descriptors. That is how 'latter' is used.
– Tuffy
4 hours ago
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I believe he is not the shittest player. Rather he is the second best.
I prefer the latter.
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I believe he is not the shittest player. Rather he is the second best.
I prefer the latter.
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put on hold as unclear what you're asking by JJJ, Jim, Janus Bahs Jacquet, choster, J. Taylor 3 hours ago
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put on hold as unclear what you're asking by JJJ, Jim, Janus Bahs Jacquet, choster, J. Taylor 3 hours ago
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It's OK so long as you don't let a cat walk under it.
– Hot Licks
5 hours ago
1
what are you trying to say? The latter simply refers to the second /last of two things named.
– Jim
5 hours ago
The sentences read as if they are part of an informal conversation. "I prefer the latter" is not so much incorrect as redundant. The use of the word "rather" commits the speaker to a preference for the the descriptor "second best". "I prefer the latter", uses the word 'latter' to refer, as it should, to the second of the two descriptors. That is how 'latter' is used.
– Tuffy
4 hours ago
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It's OK so long as you don't let a cat walk under it.
– Hot Licks
5 hours ago
1
what are you trying to say? The latter simply refers to the second /last of two things named.
– Jim
5 hours ago
The sentences read as if they are part of an informal conversation. "I prefer the latter" is not so much incorrect as redundant. The use of the word "rather" commits the speaker to a preference for the the descriptor "second best". "I prefer the latter", uses the word 'latter' to refer, as it should, to the second of the two descriptors. That is how 'latter' is used.
– Tuffy
4 hours ago
It's OK so long as you don't let a cat walk under it.
– Hot Licks
5 hours ago
It's OK so long as you don't let a cat walk under it.
– Hot Licks
5 hours ago
1
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what are you trying to say? The latter simply refers to the second /last of two things named.
– Jim
5 hours ago
what are you trying to say? The latter simply refers to the second /last of two things named.
– Jim
5 hours ago
The sentences read as if they are part of an informal conversation. "I prefer the latter" is not so much incorrect as redundant. The use of the word "rather" commits the speaker to a preference for the the descriptor "second best". "I prefer the latter", uses the word 'latter' to refer, as it should, to the second of the two descriptors. That is how 'latter' is used.
– Tuffy
4 hours ago
The sentences read as if they are part of an informal conversation. "I prefer the latter" is not so much incorrect as redundant. The use of the word "rather" commits the speaker to a preference for the the descriptor "second best". "I prefer the latter", uses the word 'latter' to refer, as it should, to the second of the two descriptors. That is how 'latter' is used.
– Tuffy
4 hours ago
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It's OK so long as you don't let a cat walk under it.
– Hot Licks
5 hours ago
1
what are you trying to say? The latter simply refers to the second /last of two things named.
– Jim
5 hours ago
The sentences read as if they are part of an informal conversation. "I prefer the latter" is not so much incorrect as redundant. The use of the word "rather" commits the speaker to a preference for the the descriptor "second best". "I prefer the latter", uses the word 'latter' to refer, as it should, to the second of the two descriptors. That is how 'latter' is used.
– Tuffy
4 hours ago