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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Difference between later and latter

later-refers to time
latter-refers to position
then please explain in context of following question

Q>The majority accepted the latter proposal.

my doubt: why later can't be used in the above sentence.
In my view later refers to time and it should be used in above sentence
and how latter(used in context of position) can be used in above question.

please explain soon
with regards
Saan
  

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AnonymousQ>The majority accepted the latter proposal.
In the legislature, Representative Jones proposed that the taxes on cigarettes be raised by 13.5%. Representative Kingston proposed that the taxes on cigarettes be raised by 14% and taxes on cigars be raised by 8%. The majority accepted the latter proposal. So now there are higher taxes on both ci
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