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GUGGI Posted 20 years ago
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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 If we call 1 the first one,6 the last one,then how do we call 5? Thanks~ 0-
  

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0 The penultimate? The second before last? 0-

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0 The penultimate? The second before last? 0-
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0 Or simply "the before last figure" ?02br
00Or maybe you could say "the last but one figure" ?02br
00The problem with the latter is that it gets weird saying "the last but one one" whereas "the second before last one" or the "before last one" would probably work...02br
00Waïti. 0-
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0 I usually say "second to last" 0-
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01cite10Vorpar12cite10I usually say "second to last"12blockquote
10Me, too.0-
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0I usually say 'next to last'02br
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00From Cambridge:02br
00next to last00 00adjective02br
00describes the person or thing before the last one:02br
00I was next to last in the steeplechase.02br
00He injured himself on the next-to-last day of his vacation.0-
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0Me, too, again...02br
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00and even-- 'the second last'.0-
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0 Thx all!~^^ 0-
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0 I would say "the next to last." "The second last" makes no sense to me, and if I heard "second to the last" I would probably think it meant the one 01i00before 02i00the "next to last." 0-
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0I'd probably go for "penultimate" too. (Or "the one just before the end".)02br
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01cite10MrPedantic12cite10I'd probably go for "penultimate" too. 12br
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10Aw ! Come on... 'penultimate' ?.. Now you do sound to me like Mister Pedantic 05000... and indeed proud to wear the badge 05100 !010id511id2
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