Glaze-over Sentence Examples

Whether you prefer sprinkles or glazed, cake or yeast, crullers or apple fritters, the humble donut is a thing of true beauty. What gets confusing is the spelling. While some prefer doughnut, others cling to the variation donut, especially in the U.S. But, much like the humble doughnut itself, there’s no wrong choice.

If you are the firstborn in your family, you can refer to yourself as either the eldest or the oldest. But that's not the case with every noun! Determine when you should use eldest vs. oldest in a sentence and how their grammatical functions can be quite different.