Please vote once and for good: range operations

[Don]

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".