This is not question about language but rather a question about sets to me If there are three children in the family When you are talking about the youngest or the oldest, that should be only one of that kind.
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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. 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. 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.
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.
Today is the youngest you'll ever be again 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. 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.
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? Which one is the correct phrase to say I have always been confused by that
