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third to last vs third from last

Both 'third to last' and 'third from last' are correct and commonly used phrases in English. They are interchangeable and can be used to refer to the third item counting backwards from the end of a list or sequence.

Last updated: April 06, 2024 • 341 views

third to last

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to refer to the third item counting backwards from the end of a list or sequence.

Examples:

  • He was the third to last person to leave the party.
  • The third to last chapter of the book was the most exciting.
  • The third to last meeting for the Comenius Regio project took place in Lonato del Garda on 18-19 January 2012.
  • The study of development stated that this is the third to last Target Elusive planned for the first season of Hitman: the last two contracts will be available in the coming months.
  • The spectre of the third car in 2015 is becoming more and more reality. Caterham and Marussia certainly won't be present at Austin, within seven days in the third to last round of Formula 1 World Championship.
  • That story - the interview is a little more than two pages, more or less - that account is in the third to last paragraph, so small.
  • In 2013, after another podium at Mugello and a pole position in Spielberg, Michela won at Imola, racing alone during the third to last race of the championship.
  • In virtue of Caterham and Marussia's forfeit, the adoption of third car will be the subject of meetings during the Grand Prix at Austin, third to last round of the Formula 1 World Championship.
  • Work together the third to last and the second to last loop (take in) and then work the last loop.
  • Maybe the second or third to last person.
  • I am the third to last speaker.
  • Azzurra found that out after getting a penalty at the first mark and dropping back from third to last place, then recovering slightly to finish in ninth place in a race won by Luna Rossa.
  • The team nearly went winless for the season, but on December 16, the third to last game of the regular season, they beat the Baltimore Ravens, giving them a final record of 1-15.

Alternatives:

  • third from last

third from last

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to refer to the third item counting backwards from the end of a list or sequence.

Examples:

  • She was the third from last in the race.
  • The third from last question on the exam was the most difficult.
  • It's a very poor country of western Africa (third from last of the World), with very dry tropical climate, with great droughts, without way out on the sea.
  • The third from last stage of the season World Series by Renault finishes at Hockenheim circuit in Germany today with the second race of the weekend, which provide a downforce heavier than Race 1 and a mandatory Pit Stop.
  • With a mere 1% of total poultry meat production in the EU, Austria ranks third from last on the list of producers.
  • And the third bedspread, from last night's crime scene.
  • Including all embryonic and foetal forms as from last third of their development is arbitrary since sentience has not been established for all of them.
  • Unfortunately she didn't attract much interest.Her third and last single from 1977 is in a funky-disco direction.
  • Azzurra found that out after getting a penalty at the first mark and dropping back from third to last place, then recovering slightly to finish in ninth place in a race won by Luna Rossa.
  • Roughly one third of these are Norwegian, another third come from other European countries, and the last third from the rest of the world.
  • Rhodes won the title for the third and last time from Flair during the Great American Bash tour in 1986, but Flair regained it shortly after.
  • Member States may carry out random sampling of bulk consignments originating in a third country from which the last six consecutive tests have proved negative.
  • the HGP7 fat depth measurement (including rind) in millimetres, as measured at the third to fourth rib from last rib position, 6 centimetres from the dorsal midline,
  • Good news - SAC P.D. caught a homicide on Pacoima and Third last night.
  • But I came in third last year in all-city.
  • The final was unfortunately compromised by a collision in the third last lap.
  • They improved dramatically in 2003, however, jumping from last to third, as they went 19-7-10.
  • Today I fought back from last to third which hasn't been very easy, but I managed to make my way through traffic thanks to a good set-up.
  • His third and last living son.
  • (FDIC), the number of areas across the U.S. with real estate booms shot to 55, increasing by nearly two-thirds last year.
  • A big job in the third last leg I instead naivete, the marathon between Tichit and Kiffa.
  • After a tricky 2013 campaign in which the squad placed ninth in the championship, Williams surged up to third last year having racked up nine podiums finishes.

Alternatives:

  • third to last

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