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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
    23 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
    23 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
    22 hours ago











  • 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
    16 hours ago











  • 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
    11 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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  • It's OK so long as you don't let a cat walk under it.

    – Hot Licks
    23 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
    23 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
    22 hours ago











  • 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
    16 hours ago











  • 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
    11 hours ago
















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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 21 hours ago


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  • It's OK so long as you don't let a cat walk under it.

    – Hot Licks
    23 hours ago






  • 1





    what are you trying to say? The latter simply refers to the second /last of two things named.

    – Jim
    23 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
    22 hours ago











  • 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
    16 hours ago











  • 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
    11 hours ago





















  • It's OK so long as you don't let a cat walk under it.

    – Hot Licks
    23 hours ago






  • 1





    what are you trying to say? The latter simply refers to the second /last of two things named.

    – Jim
    23 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
    22 hours ago











  • 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
    16 hours ago











  • 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
    11 hours ago



















It's OK so long as you don't let a cat walk under it.

– Hot Licks
23 hours ago





It's OK so long as you don't let a cat walk under it.

– Hot Licks
23 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
23 hours ago





what are you trying to say? The latter simply refers to the second /last of two things named.

– Jim
23 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
22 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
22 hours ago













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
16 hours ago





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
16 hours ago













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
11 hours ago







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
11 hours ago












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