Strictly speaking, Petros shouldn't be described as "The Younger", as he's the middle brother of three. The youngest, Pavlos, also a tennis player, is 18, five years younger than Petros.
Strictly speaking, Petros shouldn't be described as "The Younger", as he's the middle brother of three. The youngest, Pavlos, also a tennis player, is 18, five years younger than Petros.
Isn't that exactly how the middle brother should be described? Youngest, younger/ elder, eldest?
L16: Christian Harrison (USA) & Marcus Willis CR 295 (145+150) "defeated" (ALT) Aziz Dougaz & Lucas Poullain (TUN/FRA) CR 1674 (454+1220) by a walkover
Unbelievable, Jeff!
*****
QF: Christian Harrison (USA) & Marcus Willis CR 295 (145+150) vs Mikelis Libietis & Patrik Niklas-Salminen (LAT/FIN) CR 264 (148+126)
Strictly speaking, Petros shouldn't be described as "The Younger", as he's the middle brother of three. The youngest, Pavlos, also a tennis player, is 18, five years younger than Petros.
Isn't that exactly how the middle brother should be described? Youngest, younger/ elder, eldest?
I don't think so, no. "Younger" is the comparative form of "young" & used to compare one of two things with another, with "the Younger" being used after someone's name to show that he (or, occasionally, she) is the younger of two people who have the same name, more often than not father & son, as opposed to brothers (an unlikely occurrence), e.g. William Pitt the Younger & William Pitt the Elder, Pieter Bruegel the Younger & Pieter Bruegel the Elder & Pliny the Younger & Pliny the Elder. Add a third & you need the superlative, "youngest/eldest" of three people...
Mmm. So if the youngest of the three is The Youngest, and the oldest of the three is The Eldest, how is the middle one described? Tsitsipas The Middle(st)?
L16: Christian Harrison (USA) & Marcus Willis CR 295 (145+150) "defeated" (ALT) Aziz Dougaz & Lucas Poullain (TUN/FRA) CR 1674 (454+1220) by a walkover
Unbelievable, Jeff!
*****
QF: Christian Harrison (USA) & Marcus Willis CR 295 (145+150) vs Mikelis Libietis & Patrik Niklas-Salminen (LAT/FIN) CR 264 (148+126)