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Tenacious Learner Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Last week / the last week

Hi teachers,

Which is the difference in these two sentences?
a) He watched TV every nigh the last week.
b) he watched TV every night last week.

Thanks in advance
  

Top answer

'The last week' can be any last week ('I finished the project the last week of June 2007'). e. the time of utterance.

— Mister Micawber

  • 'The last week' can be any last week ('I finished the project the last week of June 2007').
  • e.
  • the time of utterance.
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'The last week' can be any last week ('I finished the project the last week of June 2007').
'Last week' is only the last week before now, i.e. the time of utterance.
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Thank you Mister Micawber! That's a very concise explanation.Emotion: nodding
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'the last week' can be any last week, including the last one too, right?
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No. At least I don't think so. Give me a sentence showing what you mean.

I met him last week -- This is the only way to do it for March13th-19th, today being March 20th, the start of this week.
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He watched TV the last week.
I guess it should be:
He watched TV last week. (the week before this one)
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Yes. We might use 'the' if there was a real emphasis on the durational quality:

All the last week, I have been thinking about our date tonight, my darling!
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Thank you for everything Mister Micawber! Have a nice week.
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