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'two eldest sisters' does it a wrong expression?



 
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'two eldest sisters' does it a wrong expression? #1 (permalink) Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:56 am   'two eldest sisters' does it a wrong expression?
 

I read 'Beauty and the Beast' rewritten for beginners. I saw an expression 'the two eldest daughters' in the book. As you know, there are three daughters in the story. Can I generally call the first and second daughters among three daughters "the two eldest daughters"? How about 'the two elder sisters'? If both are right, which is the better expression?
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'two eldest sisters' does it a wrong expression? #2 (permalink) Thu Jan 31, 2008 13:16 pm   'two eldest sisters' does it a wrong expression?
 

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I think 'two elder sisters' is the logical choice.
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