Aug 29, 2017 · "next but one" means: one item next to the one (e.g. "Marta lives in the next house but one" means she lives the house after the next one) but what if I have a graduated scale of values and I want to refer to the next and the next but one bigger values bigger than a specified value X? E.g. I have a 10 mm hole in the whole.

Jun 30, 2020 · Dad, can I use your car one last time? "The last time" can refer to a previous time, so without "for" to indicate a future possibility it doesn't fit with the tense of the question. There is another issue with this first example though - in at least some British dialects, adding "for the last time" to the end of a question can mean " this is ...

Note that "last" can mean the final member of a series, or the member immediately preceding the current one. For example, if there was a TV series of which a total of 20 episodes were made, and you have just watched episode 8 with a friend and you then say, "That wasn't a bad episode, but I think the last one was the best", that sentence is ambiguous: You might be referring to …

Jan 20, 2020 · "last Saturday" means the previous Saturday, the one before we are talking. "the last Saturday" means the final Saturday in a period of time. So "The last Saturday in November" is perfectly correct. So is "I haven't read a book since last Saturday"; but also "I haven't read a book since the last Saturday of November".

Every last one took their seat. The last one took their seat. Everyone took their seat. All three of these sentences mean slightly different things. Referring to only the last one you could be talking about one person. Referring to everyone is too generic and, in usage, it doesn't necessarily mean every single one:

Dec 6, 2017 · Second to last is more common than the last but one, at least in the U.S. and Canada. I suppose you could use penultimate ironically to describe a “penultimate sacrifice” or “the penultimate in luxury accommodation”, but most people won’t get the joke.

Jul 6, 2014 · Another option is 'last but one' (for penultimate), and 'last but two' (for antepenultimate). Casually, I would say 'second last' (I speak a kind of British English), so it confirms what dangph said. I am also told Americans say 'the next to last'.

The first one and the last ones are okay. Because this includes both one and ones, this would have to refer to more than one "last T-shirts" (as well as one T-shirt that was looked at first). But if that initial one were omitted... The first and the last ones are okay (both singular one and plural ones are valid here)

So you have the LAST one. The one NEXT TO it (which is ONE away from the last one). The SECOND to last counts two away from the last one. The difference in the systems is that some people would count the last one as "one," others like myself could the next to last one as "one," that is, the first one away from the last one. Terms like second ...

Aug 12, 2015 · by saying, "Last? I hope I'll be reading another soon!", even though the word last is used that way. As a matter of fact, as an adjective, last has at least three meanings. NOAD says: last (adjective) 1 coming after all others in time or order; final : they caught the last bus. 2 most recent in time; latest : last year 3 only remaining : it's ...