Elder
'Children try to be elder overnight and so they imitate their parents.'
Is it a correct sentence?
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Top answer
No. 'Elder' has very limited uses: (1) as an attributive adjective for brothers and sisters, and (2) as an epithet ( Pliny the Elder ). Your sentence should read: Children try to grow up overnight , and so they imitate their parents.
- No.
- 'Elder' has very limited uses: (1) as an attributive adjective for brothers and sisters, and (2) as an epithet ( Pliny the Elder ).
- Your sentence should read: Children try to grow up overnight , and so they imitate their parents.
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No. 'Elder' has very limited uses: (1) as an attributive adjective for brothers and sisters, and (2) as an epithet (Pliny the Elder). Your sentence should read:
Children try to grow up overnight, and so they imitate their parents.
0No. This is not a correct use of 'elder'. 'elder' is not used much. The way it is most often seen is in expressions like 'elder brother' or 'elder sister', but even these can be said as 'older brother' and 'older sister'.
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