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　　Elemoi

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　　the last year

　　Canadian woman loses benefits over Facebook photo - Yahoo! News

　　Nathalie Blanchard has been on leave from her job at IBM in Bromont, Quebec, for the last year.

　　 Can I say "the past year" in place of the last year?

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　　2006

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　　Re: the last year

　　Originally Posted by Elemoi

　　Canadian woman loses benefits over Facebook photo - Yahoo! News

　　Nathalie Blanchard has been on leave from her job at IBM in Bromont, Quebec, for the last year.

　　 Can I say "the past year" in place of the last year? Yes you can. I would omit the last comma.

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