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MrPernickety Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

A question about "last time"

Hi,

I can't wrap my head around the difference between "last time" v.s. "last time around" v.s. "the last time" v.s. "the last time around". To me they are all the same when I use them as I did in the four sentences below, though I'm not sure

Could you tell me if the four sentences below are grammatical?

Also, from a native speaker's standpoint, do these four sentences bear the same meaning?

1. Who did you vote for last time

2. Who did you vote for last time around

3. Who did you vote for the last time

4. Who did you vote for the last time around

Thanks in advance !
  

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"Last time around" is informal, and that "around" carries the implication of a cyclical repetition of events; in other words, there is something of a sense that the situation has happened before and will happen again. Your example of an election exhibits this idea nicely. ")

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  • "Last time around" is informal, and that "around" carries the implication of a cyclical repetition of events; in other words, there is something of a sense that the situation has happened before and will happen again.
  • Your example of an election exhibits this idea nicely.
  • ")
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"Last time around" is informal, and that "around" carries the implication of a cyclical repetition of events; in other words, there is something of a sense that the situation has happened before and will happen again. Your example of an election exhibits this idea nicely.

Including or omitting the article "the" is also a question of formality - you would be more likely to use the articl
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Now I get it

Thanks !
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You can also use it to indicate an action about to happen. [We've been rehearsing this for 15 minutes, over and over. Let's see if we can't get it right! Now, last time.]
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