No, I didn't. Because Ultimate means Last, and I literally meant for this to be penultimate.Robert Treder wrote: I think what Andrew was pointing out was that you misused the word "penultimate" which means "next to last."
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No, I wasn't. She said what the second to last would be, and I wanted to know what the last would be.Robert Treder wrote:I think what Andrew was pointing out was that you misused the word "penultimate" which means "next to last."
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Hence the italics for emphasis, no?The Duchess of Zeon wrote:No, I didn't. Because Ultimate means Last, and I literally meant for this to be penultimate.
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My bad. I assumed you were intending to use "ultimate" in the sense of "maximum", in which context a penultimate seachange wouldn't make too much sense.
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