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Wonder123 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Last - Last

This is the last gift for my last brother
A last treat for the last bench students.
I'm making the last lemonade for my last client.

In all the above context last will mean the final right? or it would mean the previous.


Please help me understand.
  

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Well, as you write all those sentences in present tenses (except for the 2nd one, which has no verb, but you can still understand it's supposed to be present), it can't really mean "previous". I think it all means "final". However, "final" and "previous" have very similar meanings, so I believe it's hard that they'll generate any confusion.

— MrGuedes

  • Well, as you write all those sentences in present tenses (except for the 2nd one, which has no verb, but you can still understand it's supposed to be present), it can't really mean "previous".
  • I think it all means "final".
  • However, "final" and "previous" have very similar meanings, so I believe it's hard that they'll generate any confusion.
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Well, as you write all those sentences in present tenses (except for the 2nd one, which has no verb, but you can still understand it's supposed to be present), it can't really mean "previous". I think it all means "final". However, "final" and "previous" have very similar meanings, so I believe it's hard that they'll generate any confusion.
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In this context I want last to mean Final to anyone who read the sentence, and it turned out as expected. Thanks for your help!
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What do you mean when you say 'my last brother'?
eg Do you mean your other brothers all died?
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CliveWhat do you mean when you say 'my last brother'?eg Do you mean your other brothers all died?
no, I mean last in the list.
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Clive,do you have any advise for my last reply.
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It's a very odd sentence. The reader / listener needs a lot of context to make sense. of it.
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Can you help me to the sentence sense please.
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No.
As I said, these are odd and unlikely sentences.
eg How, and how often, do you make previous lemonade?
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"I have served all almost all the customer with chocolate ice cream, right now I'm preparing the last chocolate ice cream for my last customer"

can I use last to indicate something that is last in the list?
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