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Proper use of old brother and young brother compared to older . . . "Youngest" gave no indication of how many brothers one had And if one only had one brother, and he was younger than the speaker then one said "My young brother" - no superlative used Like many of the rules which were falsely attached to English, this one is no longer applicable except in academic writing
What is the difference between younger and youngest? [closed] Suppose, however, that there are more siblings, and their birth order goes like this: boy, girl, boy, boy, girl Now the eldest brother has two younger brothers and two younger sisters, but only one youngest brother, who is still not the youngest sibling That title belongs to the baby girl
meaning - Can the eldest sibling of three males call his younger . . . In the meaning you imply in your question, (and that most people expect when siblings use "old" or "young" as a comparative adjective,) older refers to the fact that one sibling has lived longer So the sibling born first is old*est*, and old*er* than the next, and so on The sibling born last is young*est*, young*er* than the next, and so on
Whats the difference between bloke, chap and lad? So, it seems, that lad can be related only to a young person While chap and bloke to any male person My British fellow said: Chap is more delicate; bloke is rougher a bit Chap is posh, bloke is common
count - How do you refer to number of siblings? - English Language . . . If you have three brothers and three sisters then you have six siblings in total So it would be correct to say "I have six siblings" Alternatively, if you use the expression "youngest of" then you are including yourself in the group, so then you would say "I'm the youngest of seven siblings"
word choice - Elder brother or older brother? - English Language . . . The quoted source does not state that elder is preferable to older, but rather that elder may be used when comparing ages - and that this especially occurs when comparing members of the same family (You would be less likely to use elder when comparing two buildings, for example; the only time it might be more common would be to be to say "the elder of the two [objects]")
expressions - Whats a noun for the group of people who youre very . . . Stack Exchange Network Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers
What is the origin and meaning of the term Butt Buddies? According to NGram Viewer, this is a new term first gaining some prominence in the late 1980's It would seem to mean based on what I can find, to reference a male homosexual relationship of some varying level of intimacy
word usage - Is the phrase screw up or screwed up considered . . . For a young child one might prefer "messed up" (which means much the same) Not sure whether that's because of profanity or because "messed" is more likely to be in a child's vocabulary An adult will recognise that "screwed up" is a milder form of "f*cked up" -- which in the UK might well be used in the same workplace for a worse than average