Why is it much more common/acceptable to speak of the latter half (of e.g. the 19th century, 2023, an event, a process) than to do the same for former half? Similarly with latter stages/part former stages/part.
"Latter" connotes an informal reckoning... could even start before the half is reached so long as it continues longer into the second half. (From the 40s through the 80s, for example.) "Later" often implies that it started after the half, and lasted much closer to the end. Rock and roll, jazz, and techno were music of the latter part of the 20th century. Techno was music of the later part of ...
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If multiple hyphenated terms share the same latter half, and I wish to list them without repeating that latter half, how should the hyphens be placed? For example: I will be investigating control
Does the "in" imply multiplication, in which case split in half is correct, or is it division? It sounds like the latter to me, but I've heard it used both ways.
Railway news from the latter half of 2025. Join us as we look back on new railway vehicles, cutting-edge technologies, commemorative events and more from across Japan.
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