Fine, Walt, but you don't go far enough:
Later was an adverb in Ian's example as it described a verb. But it
could be a comparative adjective as well, "of the 2 trains he took
the later one".
Now, look what you've started, Johan :-)
Chris
On 7 Sep 2006, at 14:58, Walt Wayman wrote:
> Well, let me get my pointy pedant hat on and give it a go.
>
> "Later" is an adverb, meaning at some time subsequent to a given
> time, as in, "See ya later, alligator."
>
> "Latter" is an adjective, meaning belonging to a subsequent time,
> as in something being later than something else.
>
> Example: If I arrive late to a meeting and you come in later than I
> do, then you would be the latter of the late arrivals.
>
> Luckily, I don't work for a publisher of dictionaries. That's about
> the best I can do. Maybe somebody else will come up with something
> better later, and then the latter explanation will be more better.
>
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