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Do I need to put "THE" in the following sentence? Hi everyone, Could someone tell me if I need to put "THE" in the following sentence? 1: It looks like I was second to last know about it. 1: It looks like I was THE second to THE last know about it. What I want to say here is that I was the second last to know about it. However, I'm not sure when I need to use "THE". This is really killing me. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Nanako

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Do I need to put "THE" in the following sentence?

Hi everyone,
Could someone tell me if I need to put "THE" in the following sentence?

1: It looks like I was the second to last to know about it.
1: It looks like I was THE second to THE last to know about it.

What I want to say here is that I was the second to last to know about it.
However, I'm not sure when I need to use "THE". This is really killing me.
Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Nanako


Hello Nanako san,

I hope this helps! :')

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Thank you for Abdelrahman Laban, Ina, and 승리_さん． I didn't know that "second-to-last" is a phrase. It helps me a lot.
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Hi! Here is the correct sentence. "It looks like I was the second to last to know about it" You've already established the person in your sentence. For this circumstance, when "the" is used, it is assumed that you have already defined what we are talking about. In this case: "It looks like 私 was..." But we cannot say "It looks like I was I..."　 So our only choice is to use "the" as a placeholder for the second "I" 分かりましたか？ The second "the" in your example is not needed. "Second to last" is a set phrase and it sounds very unnatural if you add another "the". "Second to last" or "Second-to-last" are both accepted.「the」特定の人やオブジェクトを定義は識別する
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"It looks like I was the second-to-last to know about it"
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you mean you think that according to listening order you are in any order but the first.. right ?

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