When We Use Penultimate?
Used Correctly, You Can Say “The Penultimate Scene of a Play” or “The Penultimate Line of a Poem” or “The Film's Penultimate Shot. ” It's a Formal or Literary...
Used correctly, you can say “the penultimate scene of a play” or “the penultimate line of a poem” or “the film's penultimate shot.” It's a formal or literary way of saying “next to last.”
How do you use the word penultimate?
- The author should have ended the series with the penultimate novel instead of closing out the hero's tale with this poorly written story.
- As the penultimate host, Rick's job was to announce the person who would close out the show.
Do people use penultimate?
Penultimate may not be used in informal conversations. But, it is definitely used in official, formal conversations, written or spoken, not to speak of very formal, legal declarations etc.. Yes it is in common use.
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