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If anything, "last" meaning "most recent" would be the most logical. However, "last January" meaning January of last year is a convention. Not everyone follows
by inimino 10y ago
If anything, "last" meaning "most recent" would be the most logical. However, "last January" meaning January of last year is a convention. Not everyone follows or knows it, but it does exist. Same for days of the week.
- EdSharkey 10y agoSo 'last' refers to the instance on the last complete cycle? It makes sense, but no one I know talks that way. What about 'this past', is that used to refer to the latest instance or is that also last complete cycle?
- jrobn 10y agoYour indirectly talking about the year. "January" is for the current year and "last January" would be last year. I would interpret "this past" as most recent thing from the current. So "this past January" would, to me, sound like the most recent January (Jan 2017)