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Learner uses the former and the latter correctly or avoids them, and recognises that they cost the reader more than they save the writer.
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Six passages. Two of them break the pair entirely.
Two options exist: subsidy and regulation. The former is cheaper. Which is cheaper?
Exactly two, what they cost, and when they earn it.
The former is the first of two. The latter is the second.
Three things and neither word works, and the reader is left guessing which one you meant.
Ten uses. Five work.
Sort each item into the correct category
Eight passages. Two name nothing.
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Eight passages. Three keep former and latter.
Two options exist: subsidy and regulation. The former is cheaper. →
Three routes were considered: rail, road and river. The former was cheapest. →
Two approaches were trialled: mandatory registration at birth and voluntary registration on reaching majority. The latter proved cheaper. →
Two policies were introduced: a charge and a ban. The latter was reversed. →
Two frameworks apply: the international convention on emissions trading and the domestic carbon levy. The former takes precedence. →
The aforementioned proposals were rejected. →
Two bodies were consulted: the national infrastructure commission and the regional transport partnership. The latter objected. →
Two schemes ran: one in Leeds and one in Bristol. The former ended in 2019. →
Both versions, and a judgement about your own nouns.
Topic: two ways of funding public transport.
Name the two options in one sentence.
Then compare them twice: once using the former and the latter, once repeating the nouns.
Then say which version is clearer for YOUR two nouns.
Naming sentence, then both comparisons.
One sentence.