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Originally Posted by pilotbob
I think last is just as correct. Last doesn't mean you can't purchase another one.
BOb
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I sit corrected on that one, although I like to think "least."
Here's something for my edification (and anyone else who might want to check):
# last(a): immediately past; "last Thursday"; "the last chapter we read"
# stopping point: the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season"
# coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining; "the last time I saw Paris"; "the last day of the month"; "had the last word"; "waited until the last minute"; "he raised his voice in a last supreme call"; "the last game of the season"; "down to his last nickel"
# the last or lowest in an ordering or series; "he was the last to leave"; "he finished an inglorious last"
# concluding: occurring at or forming an end or termination; "his concluding words came as a surprise"; "the final chapter"; "the last days of the dinosaurs"; "terminal leave"
# a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do; "he breathed his last"
# most unlikely or unsuitable; "the last person we would have suspected"; "the last man they would have chosen for the job"
# death: the time at which life ends; continuing until dead; "she stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last"
# a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
# final: conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result"
# a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
# highest in extent or degree; "to the last measure of human endurance"; "whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually"
# persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days"
# most_recently; "I saw him last in London"
# end: the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie"
# final: not to be altered or undone; "the judge's decision is final"; "the arbiter will have the last say"
# survive: continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?"
# the item at the end; "last, I'll discuss family values"
# holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes
# lowest in rank or importance; "last prize"; "in last place"
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