Pedantics

[eldar]

Please take the following three lines, and imagine that you know nothing of the composition of the Family Rosoff:

Alexis - That would be etc.
Carly - That would be Alexis's youngest sister.
Jen - That would be Alexis's eldest sister.

Now tell me, based entirely upon those three statements, what you know about Alexis, Carly, and Jen, and their relative ages.

My answer would be:
Alexis, Carly, and Jen are sisters. Alexis (and thus Carly and Jen) have at least two sisters. Carly is younger than Jen. Alexis and Jen have no sisters who are younger than Carly. I have no idea if either Jen or Carly is either younger or older than Alexis.

P.S. Let arosoff know your views as well :)

Comments

[elethe.livejournal.com]

They could well have more sisters. Carly is Alexis' youngest sister, and Jen Alexis' oldest, but Alexis could have many sisters who are not as young nor as old as Carly and Jen.

Alexis could still have younger and older sisters who are not the youngest or the oldest.

Alexis could be the middle child of ten - it does not say Alexis doesn't have more sisters, it certainly doesn't say these are Alexis' only siblings. Even if Jen is the oldest sister and Carly the youngest, that doesn't mean they are the oldest children in the family.

And Alexis is also a boy's name - so there may only be two girls in the family.