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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
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
Use of the superlative when only two items are present An only child is both the youngest and the oldest, sure But you cannot say "the youngest of the two children", now can you? You would never ask someone which of their parents was the oldest It just doesn’t feel right The older parent is older than the other, since you can’t say that the oldest parent (of the two) is *oldest than the other
How do you refer to number of siblings? - English Language Usage . . . If you are not the youngest, you could indicate total number and how many are older than you by saying something like, "I'm the third of seven siblings" Or if you don't wish to mention age, you can say, "I'm one of seven siblings"
word choice - My younger little smaller sister - English Language . . . If you only have one sister and she is younger than you, she is your younger little baby sister If you have several sisters, it gets more complicated: The sisters closest to you in age, but younger, are your younger little sisters The youngest sister is then your "baby sister" (US)
again in Today is the oldest youve ever been and the youngest you . . . "Today is the youngest you'll ever be again Both statements are true The second statement requires a little bit more thought "You will never be as young as today, again" The two statements together form a commentary on the ageing process You are both older than you have ever been in the past, and younger than you are ever going to be in
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
meaning - English Language Usage Stack Exchange My youngest brother works in the back while my elder, younger brother takes orders at the counter " "The older of my brothers " Comes across as a grammatically awkward statement It doesn't sound right when I attempt to annunciate it I could be wrong, since I don't have a PHD and am just an ESL teacher, but it doesn't sound smooth
my eldest son - English Language Usage Stack Exchange If there are three children in the family: A a boy, eldest B a girl C a boy, youngest Is it correct for their father to refer to A as 'my eldest son' and to B as 'my younger daughter'? If not,