- Younger or youngest - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Then 7 years old is the youngest child, 13 years old is the oldest child, 13 and 9 years old are the two older children and 7 and 9 years old are the two younger children This is not question about language but rather a question about sets to me When you are talking about the youngest or the oldest, that should be only one of that kind
- What is the difference between younger and youngest?
His sister is his youngest sibling, but his younger sister Since she is the lone female child, there is no need for the superlative form Suppose, however, that there are more siblings, and their birth order goes like this: boy, girl, boy, boy, girl
- my [young younger youngest] sisters - English Language Usage . . .
A friend of mine has a big family She is a Chinese girl, and has five sisters, who are all younger than she She wants to know how to introduce her five sisters To make it easy to understand, I
- count - How do you refer to number of siblings? - English Language . . .
Thank you for the response However, how would I refer to the number of siblings and still use the word siblings within the sentence? Or perhaps what would be a better way to word it?
- youngest of his siblings - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
1 I find the phrase one of and the word youngest clumsy in this context, and would instead say (for example) He was among the younger siblings or He was a young sibling or He was little brother to most of his siblings
- again in Today is the oldest youve ever been and the youngest you . . .
The "again" means at another time or once more as in, for example: I shall not look upon his like again — Shakespeare Today is the oldest you've ever been and the youngest you'll ever be again is a literary quote by Anonymous that has been around for a long time, and I think that that is proof that the again is necessary For example, you have not heard anyone quote, you'll never be younger
- kinship terms - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
A maternal uncle is your mother's brother What's the term for an uncle that is younger than you, or a niece nephew that's older?
- meaning - Can the eldest sibling of three males call his younger . . .
The phrase “my younger younger brother” is most likely to be used only facetiously or sententiously, since phrases “my youngest brother” (when there are more than two other brothers) or “the younger of my brothers” (when there are two other brothers) typically serve better
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