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Bookmark or Share- second-largest vs. second largest | WordReference ForumsIn this case, second and largest are not two distinct adjectives. As there can only be one largest banana, the concept of a second, largest banana is illogical. So I would prefer the second-largest banana. (That's a lie of course, because I would prefer the largest banana, but sometimes one must bend the truth to convey the message.) Thanks ...
- On/In/ at the second year of study | WordReference ForumsAug 12, 2015. #1. On/In/ at the second year of study , I realized that I like english. Can You tell me which one is correct? Thank You for an answer.
- First-string, second-string Vs Starting, BackupOct 23, 2019. #2. That depends on the team strategy and the sport. We agree that "first-string" is your best players. But "starters" are the players that start the game. And "backup" players are players who won't play at all, unless a player in injured. They are there to "back up" other players in an emergency, not to actually play.
- hyphen, second-largest? - WordReference Forumskentix said: In the case of "second largest", Google Ngrams shows the non-hyphenated version dominating both BE and AE. This is the combined AE/BE graph. Google Books Ngram Viewer. But the individual graphs look very similar. All three feature the same steep drop in recent years of the non-hyphenated version and corresponding but significantly ...
- Second favourite? - WordReference ForumsLondon. English - South-East England. Jul 10, 2015. #4. 'Second-favourite' is quite normal. We say 'favourite' for the first, not 'first-favourite', but we're quite happy to number the ones after that. Think of them as favourites out of the rest, or favourites excluding the ones above.
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