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So '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 t

So '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 ago
Your 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)