from last year?

Your first one: You should throw away any sunblock from last year.

You could say You should throw away any of last year's sunblock, but I prefer the first one.

Thanks Grammar Geek.

You think 'yesteryear' sounds more poetic than 'last year'? How do you use 'yesteryear'?

Well, it is more poetic, but you'll have to limit your use of it to poetic utterences. Just like we don't have yesterweek, but must use last week. Perhaps you can start a trend?

Actually, I have heard it, but yesteryear doesn't mean "last year," it means "a long time ago" or "back in the old days." In fact, I think I've only ever heard it as "Back in the days of yesteryear, when you read

Grammar Geek
Well, it is more poetic, but you'll have to limit your use of it to poetic utterences. Just like we don't have yesterweek, but must use last week.

Quite so. If I were you, I'd simply leave it to poetry and go for "last year". Simple and effective.

Grammar Geek
Perhaps you can start a trend?

Why no

Grammar Geek Actually, I have heard it, but yesteryear doesn't mean "last year," it means "a long time ago" or "back in the old days." In fact, I think I've only ever heard it as "Back in the days of yesteryear, when you read by candlelight... etc."

Well, it seems it has the meaning of last year too ...

Hmm. Interesting Marius. It's certainly not used to mean "last year" in the U.S. (If you did use it that way, people would think you were either making a play on words or being deliberately "poetic.") Any native English speakers from elsewhere who do use "yesteryear" to mean simply "last year" in common speech?