Older And Younger
Is it okay to refer to a person as the younger or the older?
for instance,
" Just because the younger gainsay the older, it doesn't mean they're being presumptuous."
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sabrynazulkyflyyy Is it okay to refer to a person as the younger or the older? It is possible in some contexts to refer to a person as "the younger/older", but your sentence seems to be using it to refer to young/old people in general, and does not read correctly. You can instead say: Just because the young gainsay the old , it doesn't mean they're being presumptuous.
- sabrynazulkyflyyy Is it okay to refer to a person as the younger or the older?
- It is possible in some contexts to refer to a person as "the younger/older", but your sentence seems to be using it to refer to young/old people in general, and does not read correctly.
- You can instead say: Just because the young gainsay the old , it doesn't mean they're being presumptuous.
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sabrynazulkyflyyyIs it okay to refer to a person as the younger or the older?
It is possible in some contexts to refer to a person as "the younger/older", but your sentence seems to be using it to refer to young/old people in general, and does
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