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Contraposition Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

alias

Pericles Pericleous, alias Peter Smith.

Which is the real name? The former or the latter?
  

Top answer

Hi, The former. Clive

— Clive

  • Hi, The former.
  • Clive
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4 Answers
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Hi,

The former.

Clive
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Presumably the former, according to grammar, but here it may be jocularly the latter.
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Hi,

Yes, unless the speaker's intention is to be funny.

Clive
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