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I would like to know if I am correct in understanding the following:
[I have done a better comparison table for easy reading purpose. Please feel free to download a document at http://hk.geocities.com/wai_wai_sir/my_eng_q/compare_last.doc]
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At (long) last
Last(adv)
Last of all
Last but not least
In the last place
Lastly
Finally
Eventually
In the end
At the end
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To mean in the last point/place
- last(adv)
- last of all
- last but not least --> means the last point which is no less important than all others
- lastly
- finally
- in the last place
Refering to something happens after a long time,
At (long) last
Finally
Eventually
In the end
Refering to the point where something finishes, or reaches to the edge,
At the end (of something)
Other meanings which haven't mentioned in the above
Last(adv)
- the final person/thing/time etc. (eg I arrived last in the race. What a shame! I should end myself; I last saw him in July)
Thanks a lot.
I would like to know if I am correct in understanding the following:
[I have done a better comparison table for easy reading purpose. Please feel free to download a document at http://hk.geocities.com/wai_wai_sir/my_eng_q/compare_last.doc]
<hr>
At (long) last
Last(adv)
Last of all
Last but not least
In the last place
Lastly
Finally
Eventually
In the end
At the end
<hr>
To mean in the last point/place
- last(adv)
- last of all
- last but not least --> means the last point which is no less important than all others
- lastly
- finally
- in the last place
Refering to something happens after a long time,
At (long) last
Finally
Eventually
In the end
Refering to the point where something finishes, or reaches to the edge,
At the end (of something)
Other meanings which haven't mentioned in the above
Last(adv)
- the final person/thing/time etc. (eg I arrived last in the race. What a shame! I should end myself; I last saw him in July)
Thanks a lot.