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Hanuman_2000 Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
Elder
Sir,
My father is elder than my mother.
My father is elder to my mother.
Which one is correct?
Regards.
My father is elder than my mother.
My father is elder to my mother.
Which one is correct?
Regards.
Top answer
Neither, really. 'Elder' is used as a premodifier ('he is my elder brother'), and even as that, less and less so; it is in the process of being superseded by 'older'. '
- Neither, really.
- 'Elder' is used as a premodifier ('he is my elder brother'), and even as that, less and less so; it is in the process of being superseded by 'older'.
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Neither, really.
'Elder' is used as a premodifier ('he is my elder brother'), and even as that, less and less so; it is in the process of being superseded by 'older'.
'My father is older than my mother.'
'Elder' is used as a premodifier ('he is my elder brother'), and even as that, less and less so; it is in the process of being superseded by 'older'.
'My father is older than my mother.'
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Sir,
"younger" is used in comparison
My father is younger than Ram.
is it correct?
Thanks.
"younger" is used in comparison
My father is younger than Ram.
is it correct?
Thanks.
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