“Of coffee or tea, I’ll take the later.”
Confusables Entry 409 / 1605 60-second read
Later vs. Latter
Time versus the second of two.
The comparisoni
“Of coffee or tea, I’ll take the latter.”
The ruleii
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LATER = after. LATTER = the second of two.
LATER refers to time. LATTER refers to the second item when you have just mentioned two.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
LATTER has TWO Ts — the TWO options.