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Is it elder sibling or older sibling?
When referring to someone who is older than you in your family or someone who has a close relationship with you, you should use “elder”. The usual comparative and superlative forms of old are older and oldest: •My brother is older than me.
Who is the oldest or eldest?
While both are superlative forms of old, the regular form is oldest and where we specifically refer to seniority in terms of age, we would rather say eldest and not oldest. Jimmy has 3 daughters. The eldest is 8 years old. Oldest can be referred to any object or person that are unrelated to each other.
Is it elder brother or elder brother?
With brother you can use both, although there are situations where this is not the case, as in elder (not: older) statesman, e.g. Basically, they are the same, but there is a slight difference in their meaning. When referring to someone who is older than you in your family or someone who has a close relationship with you, you should use “elder”.
Is he older than her or he is?
Your object is the comparison (than) of age between 2 people; therefore we need to use the Object pronoun ‘her’. You may of course compare the state/age of 2 people, but you need to include a ‘to be’ for each person and, so, would use ‘she is’. He is older than her.
How do you refer to an older brother?
In typical usage, I personally would say “My/his/her/their older brother” when speaking of a specific person’s sibling. I would say “The elder brother/sister/sibling” to refer to the oldest of a group of siblings.
How do you refer to someone who is older than you?
When referring to someone who is older than you in your family or someone who has a close relationship with you, you should use “elder”. The usual comparative and superlative forms of oldare olderand oldest: •My brother is older than me.