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. 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. Thank you for the response However, how would i refer to the number of siblings and still use the word siblings within the sentence
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. 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. You don't like any of edwin ashworth's suggestions
Are you saying you don't want a superlative form of a word that means small Or some other category of word that has some other meaning Or is the problem that you're looking for a word with a particular sound or. Which one is the correct phrase to say I have always been confused by that She was the youngest of the two daughters of a most affectionate, indulgent father
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?
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