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Comparative or superlative?



Pipas
Portugal

Comparative or superlative?
 
Hello
 
I need your help:
Which one is correct:
 
Which girl is younger? Sophie or Jessica?
 
or
 
Which girl is the youngest? Sophie or Jessica?
 
Thank you 

20 Apr 2015      





Mhimed
Morocco

The correct answer is: Which girl is younger ? because we are talking about the comparative.We are comparing two  girls:Sophie and Jessica, so there is no need to use the superlative.We often use the superlative from three on,I mean  you can use the superlative when considering three girls ( and this is the minimum );for example: Sophie , Jessica and Nancy.In this case we can say: which girl is the youngest of the three? We also use the superlative like:Jessica is the tallest girl in our class.Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
I hope I have given you enough explanation about that. 

20 Apr 2015