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Although it was expected that workers under forty would show hostility
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Although it was expected that workers under forty would show hostility to the plan, the research report indicates that both younger and the older people approve of governmental appropriations for Social Security.
(A) younger and the older people
(B) younger people and the older
(C) the younger and the older people
(D) younger and older people
(E) people who are younger and those who are older
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13 Oct 2005, 16:59
duttsit, this one is really tricky. Both C and D seem good. D just sounded better. I picked it.
I did a search on the forum and found out that this question has been discussed upon several times. Here, I found that no single reason was unanimously accepted. I think OA says D. Anyways, i think we shouldn't over-analyze this.
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13 Oct 2005, 22:01
nakib77 wrote:
3. Although it was expected that workers under forty would show hostility to the plan, the research report indicates that both younger and the older people approve of governmental appropriations for Social Security. (A) younger and the older people (B) younger people and the older (C) the younger and the older people (D) younger and older people (E) people who are younger and those who are older
when we say " the younger" and "the older" , we mention people of the kind. Thus, adding "people" is redudant.
For this reason, I choose D over C.
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14 Oct 2005, 01:12
nakib77 wrote:
3. Although it was expected that workers under forty would show hostility to the plan, the research report indicates that both younger and the older people approve of governmental appropriations for Social Security. (A) younger and the older people (B) younger people and the older (C) the younger and the older people (D) younger and older people (E) people who are younger and those who are older
I am stuck between C and D. I read both of them correct. In such scenarios, I would always choose a shorter answer, and I go with D. I would like to read the OE though.
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21 Jun 2016, 09:02
I also doubted between C and D.
However, the sentence is talking about younger and older people in general, not about specific "younger" and "older" people, so the article "the" is out of place.
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24 Jan 2017, 11:39
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Yes; I agree with Yang. In comparisons 'the' is used for superlative degree and refers to the one single unique thing that outperforms rest. Therefore, A, B, and C are out of the reckoning. Choice E is unnecessarily wordy.
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