Pengertian dan Perbedaan Later dan Latter
Merupakan golongan adverb (kata keterangan), later biasanya digunakan untuk menerangkan hal yang berkaitan dengan waktu di masa depan. Arti later jika diterjemahkan ke dalam bahasa Indonesia yaitu nanti.
Sementara itu, latter masuk ke dalam golongan adjective (kata sifat) yang mendeskripsikan salah satu dari dua benda yang dibandingkan. Latter juga bisa berfungsi sebagai noun (kata benda) yang berarti benda yang muncul di akhir. Latter menjelaskan sifat suatu benda yang hadir atau datang berdekatan dengan akhir dari suatu proses atau aktivitas.
Kata later dan latter memang dari segi penulisan hampir mirip, hanya berbeda jumlah huruf ‘t’. Tapi kamu perlu ketahui bahwa kedua kata tersebut bukan sinonim atau saling menggantikan. Untuk mudah mengingatnya, kita simpulkan bahwa kata later berhubungan dengan waktu dan kata latter berhubungan dengan ruang atau urutan.
Contoh Penggunaan Later dan Latter dalam kalimat
Later | Latter |
I will call you later after meeting. | If I could choose between hot dog and pizza for my daily meal, I would love to choose the latter. |
Don’t worry about that. I’ll catch you later. | I like reading books and listening to music, but the latter is my favorite. |
My payday hasn’t come yet. It means, I’ll pay the bills later. | In a choice between rich man and wise man, she prefered the latter. |
She will visit her sister later, after finishing her job. | My sister can speak English and Japanese, but the latter is her best language which able to speak. |
Can you call me later? I am not feeling well now. I need to take a rest. | I asked Mimi about the country she will visit next year. In a choice between Thailand and Malaysia, she will visit the latter. |
I don’t know what to do now. I think I will tidy it up later. | Wena got two job interviews at once. Those were teacher and education consultant. Finally, she prefered the latter. |
Don’t be sad. We can make it later. | Viny is confused. She is proposed by two men. They are a teacher and a doctor. After considering it quite long, she chose the latter. |
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