Timeline for The proper usage (or avoidance) of "former" & "latter" when context involves a logical evaluation?
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| May 29, 2020 at 13:43 | comment | added | Greybeard | I would say in this case when referring to "that" one would use the word "Latter". Thisis incorrect: That and this are a demonstrative adjectives and pronouns. They relate only to a relative position in space or time, not to the order in the sentence - "That [points at a cat] and this [points at a dog] must be removed from the room. Give the former [the dog] to Mr Jones and give the latter [the cat] to Miss Smith." | |
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| May 29, 2020 at 11:40 | history | answered | Michael Wu | CC BY-SA 4.0 |