I am the oldes of my family

[ratóncolorao]

Hello,

I would like to know which structure is more used in everyday language?:

I am the oldest in my family

I am the oldest of my family


Thank you for your help.

 

[Gretchenplay]

The first is more common ratóncolorao.

 

[billmcd]

Hello,

I would like to know which structure is more used in everyday language?:

I am the oldest in my family I would be inclined to use this form.

I am the oldest of my family


Thank you for your help.

b.

 

[BobK]

:up: Yes 'I am the oldest in my family' (but 'Of all the members of my family, I am the oldest').

b

 

[JohnParis]

I bring this up for the sole purpose of discussion, not because the previous answers are in any way incorrect.

Eldest.

Because of it singular definition, (of one out of a group of related or otherwise associated people) of the greatest age; oldest : Swift left the company to his eldest son, Charles | he was the eldest of the three) I have always been inclined to use eldest when referring to my position in my family. The Appalachian mountains were old but I was always referred to as the eldest child. Would "eldest" be better when describing groups of related people compared with "old"?

 

[bhaisahab]

I bring this up for the sole purpose of discussion, not because the previous answers are in any way incorrect.

Eldest.

Because of it singular definition, (of one out of a group of related or otherwise associated people) of the greatest age; oldest : Swift left the company to his eldest son, Charles | he was the eldest of the three) I have always been inclined to use eldest when referring to my position in my family. The Appalachian mountains were old but I was always referred to as the eldest child. Would "eldest" be better when describing groups of related people compared with "old"?

I prefer "eldest", but "oldest" is very commonly used.