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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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How would I phrase

How would you phrase the following?

What is the age difference between you 2?
What is the best age difference between siblings?
We're not that far apart in difference. You are 3 months pregnant. I'm 4 months pregnant.
Is this natural?
How far apart is best for 2 children?

Which is correct and is the sentence natural?
If you have 3 kids of the same gender/sex, it is said that no matter how many more you have, they'll always be that sex. [I'm not asking if it is factually correct, just grammatically.]

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" --- fine; however it's shorter to say "What is your age difference? " "We're not that far apart in difference. You are 3 months pregnant.

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  • " --- fine; however it's shorter to say "What is your age difference?
  • " "We're not that far apart in difference.
  • You are 3 months pregnant.
  • " --- "in difference" is poor; better to say, "We're not that far apart.
  • " --- fine; you could clarify it, such as, " How many years between two children is best?
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"What is the age difference between you two?"
--- fine; however it's shorter to say "What is your age difference?"

"What is the best age difference between siblings?"
--- fine but try to avoid 'sibling' in common speech wherever you can change it to "brothers and sisters" as it's rather formal; for this one better to say, "What is the ideal age difference between sib
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