How to understand "a family with three brothers"?
Born into a family with three brothers, David was brought up to value the sense of sharing.
Does "a family with three brothers" imply that the family has four boys or three boys?

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How to understand "a family with three brothers"?
Born into a family with three brothers, David was brought up to value the sense of sharing. 
Does "a family with three brothers"  imply that the family has four boys  or three boys?

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It means he has three brothers and is the fourth.

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That's actually a very good question! I've never thought about it before, but there could be some ambiguity there, couldn't there? Often it is worded thus - born into a family OF three brothers - which means three in total. I feel the author, by using  WITH, has introduced a lack of clarity. But I still assume the author means a total of three brothers. It's the 'family' with three brothers, not the man David with three brothers. I think! What do other people think? I'd like to know.

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Yep, changed my mind... think it means 4 brothers!

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Since it says "born into" I think it means he has three older brothers and he is the youngest boy. So there are four boys including David.

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