看任何一本书，都不应把作者的话或观点奉为圣旨，而应该去检验这种观点是否正确。下面是COCA语料库部分例句：
After his arrest in the thirties, Antonov-Ovseenko will entertain his cellmates with stories of the Revolution, and when he is led away to be shot he will distribute his clothes among them, asking that they tell the people he remained a Bolshevik to his last day.
He would never remarry. To his last day, and perhaps beyond, he would regret his own failure of nerve,
Bonsal -- who urged upon Washington a policy of patience and restraint almost to his last day on the island -- was shunted aside and repeatedly refused appointments with Castro,
I did my best to help her life be as good as it could be to her last day. I could never live with myself if I had done less.
