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SheltieBites Posted 14 years ago
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Best For Last
http://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/13/arts/auctions.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
"It is the only such figure with an image of a large grasshopper embellishing its back. The seller was not identified. Lordship, Anyone? Sotheby's appears to have saved the best for the last this season. Next Thursday, Sotheby's in London is to auction the title Lordship of the Manor of Stratford-on-Avon in its final rare-book and manuscript sale."
http://articles.latimes.com/2006/nov/19/travel/tr-ntb19
"Luckily for those latecomers who love theater, the company has saved the best for last. "
Is it "save the best for last" or "save the best for the last"?
"It is the only such figure with an image of a large grasshopper embellishing its back. The seller was not identified. Lordship, Anyone? Sotheby's appears to have saved the best for the last this season. Next Thursday, Sotheby's in London is to auction the title Lordship of the Manor of Stratford-on-Avon in its final rare-book and manuscript sale."
http://articles.latimes.com/2006/nov/19/travel/tr-ntb19
"Luckily for those latecomers who love theater, the company has saved the best for last. "
Is it "save the best for last" or "save the best for the last"?
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Either will work. I am more familiar with the one without the article.
- Either will work.
- I am more familiar with the one without the article.
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Either will work. I am more familiar with the one without the article.
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There is something unnatural about "save the best for the last", because the extra "the" implies something extra?
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