Brian Hay wrote:
Don wrote:
FWIW, I'd say start and end is the only pairing which is natural for
English speakers.
I disagree. Start and end can be both nouns or verbs.
Yes. You can also "front up to something" and "back into somebody" <g>.
BTW I'm not saying that start/end is the best choice. I'm just saying
that if you decision is based only on what sounds natural, you don't
have very many choices at all. In particular, _none_ of the spatial
pairings work.
First and last are
less ambiguous in this context.
True. I missed them.
"First in the queue"/"Last in the queue".
