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Last news vs latest news #1 (permalink) Mon Oct 11, 2004 10:18 am   Last news vs latest news
 

Test No. incompl/elem-1 "Speaking already", question 6

This television gives you the ......... news.

(a) last
(b) latest
(c) least
(d) later

Test No. incompl/elem-1 "Speaking already", answer 6

This television gives you the latest news.

Correct answer: (b) latest
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Hello, why is it wrong to say "the last news"?

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Last news vs latest news #2 (permalink) Mon Oct 11, 2004 13:06 pm   Last news vs latest news
 

Hi Internet Junkee,

In the sentence you are referring to we talk about the recent news - those events that have just happened.
If a broadcasting station casts its last news then it stops working after that. So the last news is the final news and the latest news is the most recent news.
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Last news vs latest news #3 (permalink) Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:15 am   Last news vs latest news
 

What about "last"? Can I use "last" in this case?
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Last news vs latest news #4 (permalink) Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:07 am   Last news vs latest news
 

As Torsten said, last news would imply "final news", as though there will be no news after that and the TV station will close down, which was not the intended meaning.
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Last news vs latest news #5 (permalink) Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:41 am   Last news vs latest news
 

Um not quite correct guys ....

The last news from CNN was that the troops had entered the city ..... BUT this does not mean the "final news" nor that CNN had stopped working after the last news.

The LAST news means the last thing said or published no matter how long ago it was or whether it was the final news or not, or even whether the source of the news still exists or not.

The LASTEST news is correctly described here.
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Last news vs latest news #6 (permalink) Sat Jul 26, 2008 20:49 pm   Last news vs latest news
 

HamburgEnglish wrote:
The LASTEST news
I presume HE intended to write "LATEST".
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Last news vs latest news #7 (permalink) Sun Jul 27, 2008 9:48 am   Last news vs latest news
 

(smile) yes I did .....
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Last news vs latest news #8 (permalink) Mon Apr 13, 2009 15:48 pm   Last news vs latest news
 

hi every body
in my opinion "last news" is the final news in this day .
example : ABC channel will diaplay the last new in 5PM
but we use the "latest news" when the channel is display the last news in this moment and the channel hear something is very important than "last news"
many thanks
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Last news vs latest news #9 (permalink) Sun Jun 07, 2009 17:41 pm   Last news vs latest news
 

what a bout las?can i use last
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Last news vs latest news #10 (permalink) Wed Oct 07, 2009 5:48 am   Last news vs latest news
 

it is clear for me,
thank you.
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Last news vs latest news #11 (permalink) Wed Nov 11, 2009 2:50 am   Last news vs latest news
 

great explanation..thanks
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