former and previous
If I used to teach a student several years ago, when I am writing a reference letter for her, should I say she is my former student or previous student? Which one is better? Thank you very much.
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Previous is what comes immediately before. So, The previous number, before 7, is 6. (there are other numbers before 7, but "6" is the only previous number before 7)
Former is whatever thing was before something. So you can say "In 2003 Chistian divorced from his wife, the previous year (it can only be 2002) they had very big fights, though in former years (any year before 2003) there were also minor incidents".
I hope this helps.
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it has to be former...previous is used when something is happening subsequently(u can say previous batch) which is not the case here....other word you can use here is erstwhile.
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"former" means "from the past"
"previous" is used when you're talking about several students you've had at different times.
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I'm not sure....! but I think ( former ) is better .
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