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Alc24 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Second to last or Second from last or second before

Which is the most natural or correct?

- My room is the second to/from/before last down the hall.

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alc24 Which is the most natural or correct? - My room is the second - last (one) down the hall. Thank you You don't need any of those prepositions.

— Canadian45

  • alc24 Which is the most natural or correct?
  • - My room is the second - last (one) down the hall.
  • Thank you You don't need any of those prepositions.
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alc24Which is the most natural or correct? -
My room is the second-last (one) down the hall. Thank you
You don't need any of those prepositions.

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Ok thank you,

but if you wanted to put on in which would it be please?

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alc24Ok thank you,

but if you wanted to put one in which would it be please?

Thank you
I wouldn't use any of them. They are at least not necessary and some are seriously problematic.

'second from last' and 'second before last'
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That may be so in Canadian or U.S. English. But here in old blighty we normally say:
Last
Last but one OR penultimate
Second before last

There is a longer world for second before last but I forget it off hand.
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AnonymousThere is a longer world for second before last but I forget it off hand
antepenultimate
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