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Bamz Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

At/in the last minutes

Hi,
I'm new to the forum. I'm trying to write a story. Two of my friends reviewed my story and each of them gave a different opinion. My question is very simple. Which one is actually grammatically correct?

They cancelled at/in the last minutes.

Thanks

Bamz
  

Top answer

The idiom is at the last minute . )

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The idiom is at the last minute.

(or you could say, in the last minutes, but this is not as common.)
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thanks Ferdis. Do both of them have the same meaning? I mean, does actually at the last minute mean really at the last minute or it can actually mean the last minutes as well?
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No, it doesn't have to be the actual last minute.

See http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/at+the+last+minute :

at the last possible chance; in the last few minutes, hours, or days. (Often an exaggeration.) Please don't make reservations at the last minute. Why do you ask all your
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