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In the following sentence "On the wall is a portait of his late wife.", can we use "dead" instead of late?
If you said "On the wall is a portait of his dead wife" you would be forgiven for thinking that the portrait was painted after his wife had died.
"On the wall is a portait of his late wife" is the correct way to write this sentence.
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