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minus-squarenjm1314@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·7 months agoLast would be the one before the current one, not the current one.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down3·7 months agoTechnically the correct term is “prior.”
minus-squareChrysanthemumIndica@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up9·7 months agoMore accurately, “prior” is much less ambiguous than “last” and thus more likely to satisfy the predilections of a pedant. Gosh I love the depth of pedantry available to descriptivists!
Last would be the one before the current one, not the current one.
Technically the correct term is “prior.”
More accurately, “prior” is much less ambiguous than “last” and thus more likely to satisfy the predilections of a pedant.
Gosh I love the depth of pedantry available to descriptivists!