two last vs last two

The correct phrase is 'last two'. This is the standard way to refer to the final two items in a sequence. 'Two last' is not a common construction in English.

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two last

'Two last' is not a common or correct construction in English.

This phrase is not used in English. The correct order is 'last two'.

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The two last ones have not returned.
The Council is therefore not in a position to reply to the two last questions.
The two last companies did not provide any new evidence.
Delete the two last sentences and replace as follows:
Let me just make two last points about non-agricultural market access and services.
Two last hopes are better than one.
The two last pieces of legislation refer to residues of veterinary drugs controls.
In the two last decades the European monetary policy has been effective regarding the inflation's control.
(95) The two last companies did not provide any new evidence.
In Porto Alegre, I have taken part for the two last years as a Member of the European Parliament.
in paragraph 9, the two last sentences are replaced by the following sentence:
The two last agreements to be submitted to Parliament are the agreements with Monaco and San Marino.
The German authorities withdrew the two last stages from the notification, [...].
On page 39, recital 19, two last sentences:
This is in contradiction with the audited reports of the company, which show that no such reversal took place over the two last financial years and that it is specifically linked to the work out programme.
Nevertheless, it should be stressed that the positive development of certain indicators can also be partly attributed to the market of the like product, which was, due to the tight worldwide supply, very favourable during the two last years of the period considered.
The rail temperature increase depends not only on the braking forces described above, but also on the number of repetitive brake applications made on the same track section, in particular for the two last cases described.
WikiLeaks has become the sensation because the two last big scoops, and the only scoops that have been actually played into the hands of the mainstream media, are sort of WikiLeaks versus the US, or Julian Assange versus the Pentagon.
In the event that market conditions change significantly, DONG may, under certain conditions, apply to the Commission to have the Gas Release Programme terminated with respect to the two last auctions.
Two last good deeds - killing you... and killing myself.

last two

'Last two' is the correct and commonly used phrase in English.

Use 'last two' when referring to the final two items in a sequence.

Examples:

I will take the last two cookies.
Please read the last two chapters of the book.
She bought the last two tickets for the concert.

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He's been a no-show for his last two parole meetings.
They're even more handsome than your last two husbands.
And you've skipped your last two breathing treatments.
I got kicked out of my last two schools.
Spent his last two birthdays in the hospital.
It took my last two dollars.
We're about to get our last two signatures.
I spent my last two bucks on that horse.
Our last two leads pulled up nothing.
I was here for her last two MRIS.
Our last two tents were vandalized.
One of his last two bottles.
It's the most popular female Hispanic name last two years.
Come on, they're my last two.
But I was thinking these last two dinners were different.
I skipped my last two meals for this.
These last two, they were dockworkers.
I let him buy my last two drinks.
Rather that then spend my last two years as an ex-president.
We are down to our last two spellers.

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