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Christine Christie Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Latter

Does 'latter' work as an adjective?


For instance, would it be correct to say:


"I agree with the latter part."

  

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" It's correct, but it's a little unusual. "the latter part" is almost always associated with periods of time, thus: the latter part of 2008, the latter part of the century, the latter part of last year, the latter part of May, ... Still, there are a few examples that don't involve time: the latter part of the contract, the latter part of the argument CJ

  • " It's correct, but it's a little unusual.
  • "the latter part" is almost always associated with periods of time, thus: the latter part of 2008, the latter part of the century, the latter part of last year, the latter part of May, ...
  • Still, there are a few examples that don't involve time: the latter part of the contract, the latter part of the argument CJ
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Christine Christie

would it be correct to say:

"I agree with the latter part."

It's correct, but it's a little unusual. "the latter part" is almost always associated with periods of time, thus:

the latter part of 2008, the latter part of the century, the latter part of last year, the latter part of May, ...

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