[Fantasywriter]

I’m thinking maybe you meant Newt is the quintessential, archetypal or consummate insider [with which I would agree]. ‘Penultimate’ means ‘second to last in a series’, such as, ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’ is the penultimate book in the series.

[Ozymandias Ghost]

Thank you for the correction. Yes I did mean “ultimate.” ‘Have to admit I have been using “penultimate” incorrectly for about 40 years! My mother, who was an English teacher, would not be happy!

So, I stand corrected and am happy you pointed that out to me. Hopefully that will be my penultimate grammatical mistake ...for tonight!

‘Take care,

-Geoff