how to understand this sentence? I was the youngest son, and the youngest but two.&nbsp;&nbsp;Does it mean that I have two younger sisters?how to understand "but two" in this sentence?

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how to understand this sentence?

I was the youngest son, and the youngest but two.

Does it mean that I have two younger sisters?

how to understand "but two" in this sentence?

5 janv. 2016 01:11

You are right. He has two younger sisters. 'But two' here means 'except for two'. He is the youngest except for two siblings.

5 janvier 2016

More information on the context would be needed to answer this. As the sentence is, it is not understandable.

5 janvier 2016

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Compétences linguistiques

Chinois (mandarin), Anglais, Allemand

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Anglais, Allemand

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