Confusables Entry 409 / 1011 60-second read

Later vs. Latter

Time versus the second of two.

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

Of coffee or tea, I’ll take the later.

✓ Correct

Of coffee or tea, I’ll take the latter.

The ruleii

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.

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