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by greenie_beans 271 days ago
> the former from the later

my writing advice:

never use the former and the latter
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mariusor 271 days ago
Does it make me sound pretentious? That's fine, we're debating literary styles after all. :D
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greenie_beans 271 days ago
no, it's just a stylistic pet peeve of mine. lacks specificity and always makes me have to think about which is the latter and which is the former, no matter how many times i look it up. scrambles my brain.
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