Common Mistakes : Elder

adjective

.BAD: The restaurant seems to be more popular with elder people .GOOD: The restaurant seems to be more popular with older people

.BAD: The young man was unhurt but the elder one was taken to hospital in an ambulance GOOD: The young man was unhurt but the older one was taken to hospital in an ambulance

:Do not use elder unless you are talking about the members of a family .her elder brother .my elder son

.BAD: My sister is just two years elder than me .GOOD: My sister is just two years older than me

: (Someone/something is older (than someone/something else .Their children are older than ours .Her husband is five years older

 , (Elder is mainly used in front of a noun (‘my elder sister (and as a pronoun (‘Which of the two sisters is the elder