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Default Use of comparative adjectives
Please advise which is correct use of English:

"This is my oldest child" (of 2 children) or "This is my older child"?

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Old 10-Sep-2005, 10:17
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Default Re: Use of comparative adjectives
Welcome, Thatch.

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