Is this the right usage of “the latter” [closed] The Next CEO of Stack OverflowCan “latter” be used to refer to the last of a list of names that is more than 2?Is this usage of 'curiously' correct?The right usage of “basically”Is this sentence right?meaning of “the rather,” “than,” respectively“Would prefer to do something ” vs. “would prefer doing something”Right use of 'Prefer' and 'Despite the fact'Usage of “instead of”Usage of “I would prefer”Relative Pronoun and antecedent
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Is this the right usage of “the latter” [closed]
The Next CEO of Stack OverflowCan “latter” be used to refer to the last of a list of names that is more than 2?Is this usage of 'curiously' correct?The right usage of “basically”Is this sentence right?meaning of “the rather,” “than,” respectively“Would prefer to do something ” vs. “would prefer doing something”Right use of 'Prefer' and 'Despite the fact'Usage of “instead of”Usage of “I would prefer”Relative Pronoun and antecedent
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
Mar 25 at 22:01
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what are you trying to say? The latter simply refers to the second /last of two things named.
– Jim
Mar 25 at 22:27
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
Mar 25 at 23:34
Is there some reason that, of all of the arbitrary examples you could have used, you picked a potentially offensive word in your sentence?
– Jason Bassford
Mar 26 at 5:04
None of use have answered if it is correct or not. Offensive word is used because it is a real life example so apologies.
– user341548
Mar 26 at 10:11
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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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closed as unclear what you're asking by JJJ, Jim, Janus Bahs Jacquet, choster, J. Taylor Mar 26 at 0:11
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It's OK so long as you don't let a cat walk under it.
– Hot Licks
Mar 25 at 22:01
1
what are you trying to say? The latter simply refers to the second /last of two things named.
– Jim
Mar 25 at 22:27
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
Mar 25 at 23:34
Is there some reason that, of all of the arbitrary examples you could have used, you picked a potentially offensive word in your sentence?
– Jason Bassford
Mar 26 at 5:04
None of use have answered if it is correct or not. Offensive word is used because it is a real life example so apologies.
– user341548
Mar 26 at 10:11
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It's OK so long as you don't let a cat walk under it.
– Hot Licks
Mar 25 at 22:01
1
what are you trying to say? The latter simply refers to the second /last of two things named.
– Jim
Mar 25 at 22:27
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
Mar 25 at 23:34
Is there some reason that, of all of the arbitrary examples you could have used, you picked a potentially offensive word in your sentence?
– Jason Bassford
Mar 26 at 5:04
None of use have answered if it is correct or not. Offensive word is used because it is a real life example so apologies.
– user341548
Mar 26 at 10:11
It's OK so long as you don't let a cat walk under it.
– Hot Licks
Mar 25 at 22:01
It's OK so long as you don't let a cat walk under it.
– Hot Licks
Mar 25 at 22:01
1
1
what are you trying to say? The latter simply refers to the second /last of two things named.
– Jim
Mar 25 at 22:27
what are you trying to say? The latter simply refers to the second /last of two things named.
– Jim
Mar 25 at 22:27
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
Mar 25 at 23:34
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
Mar 25 at 23:34
Is there some reason that, of all of the arbitrary examples you could have used, you picked a potentially offensive word in your sentence?
– Jason Bassford
Mar 26 at 5:04
Is there some reason that, of all of the arbitrary examples you could have used, you picked a potentially offensive word in your sentence?
– Jason Bassford
Mar 26 at 5:04
None of use have answered if it is correct or not. Offensive word is used because it is a real life example so apologies.
– user341548
Mar 26 at 10:11
None of use have answered if it is correct or not. Offensive word is used because it is a real life example so apologies.
– user341548
Mar 26 at 10:11
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It's OK so long as you don't let a cat walk under it.
– Hot Licks
Mar 25 at 22:01
1
what are you trying to say? The latter simply refers to the second /last of two things named.
– Jim
Mar 25 at 22:27
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
Mar 25 at 23:34
Is there some reason that, of all of the arbitrary examples you could have used, you picked a potentially offensive word in your sentence?
– Jason Bassford
Mar 26 at 5:04
None of use have answered if it is correct or not. Offensive word is used because it is a real life example so apologies.
– user341548
Mar 26 at 10:11