In that case, it means that the interest may be left to either the eldest son or the eldest daughter, but to no other (presumably excluding the second daughter who is oldest than the eldest son). That is to say, the interpretation of this sentence very much depends on the other contents of the document, and the type and effect of the document.

Indeed, both eldest and oldest refer to the greatest in age. The crucial difference, however, lies in the fact that eldest can only be used for related persons, while oldest can be used for any person, place or thing in a group of related or unrelated elements. Examples: He is …

2017年10月24日 · After the eldest daughter is 1.second daughter name is MySQL? 2.give this name after born the first ...

2015年8月19日 · It is decidedly bad form to sign oneself "Millie Jennings," or "Flossie Jennings" for Florence. The full first and last name should be written out and preceded by the correct title of "Miss" or "Mrs." Only the eldest daughter, or only daughter, of a family may sign herself, "Miss Jennings." — Lillian Eichler, Book of Etiquette Volume 2

2019年1月25日 · If you have three sons, however, you would say "my eldest son" because if you say "my elder son", people will assume you have two sons and not three. As you only have one daughter, it would be wrong if you said "my younger daughter" (as you don't have a daughter that is older than her). You should simply say "my daughter".

2016年7月23日 · Eldest does indeed mean that someone has reached an age greater than others in their group at some point during their lifetime. They may well have died sooner than the others in the group, but there should be a period of time when the others in the group looked upon this person as the oldest in the group.

2018年10月11日 · I remember "oldest" child is more correctly used when you have more than two children - e.g. my older child (assumption that there are only two children); my oldest child (assumption that there are...

2012年12月4日 · In my wife's family, all six daughters (no sons) contribute equally to the support of their parents, so each has taken on a certain amount of responsibility even though she doesn't necessarily have to, and the eldest daughter cannot afford to support them on her own. "She is ready to (take/take on) the responsibility of a wife bravely.

2012年1月7日 · In 19th century use, when Miss was prefixed to the surname alone, e.g. Miss Smith, it normally indicated the eldest (unmarried) daughter of the family; in referring to the others the forename was employed, e.g. Miss Ethel (Smith). Mrs is not recorded as ever having been followed by a given name.

2018年6月5日 · Of the three girls, Barbara is the eldest. However, do note that elder/eldest is borderline archaic. And also note that the word ordering of the first and third examples above "sounds" awkward -- better to say simply "Fred is the taller of the two men". (For some reason, the "-est" versions don't sound as awkward.)