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Although it was expected that workers under forty would show hostility [#permalink] New post  Updated on: 02 Aug 2018, 20:19
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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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Originally posted by nakib77 on 13 Oct 2005, 13:03.
Last edited by Bunuel on 02 Aug 2018, 20:19, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Although it was expected that workers under forty would show hostility [#permalink] New post  24 Jan 2017, 10:39
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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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Re: Although it was expected that workers under forty would show hostility [#permalink] New post  13 Oct 2005, 13:33
C. parallelism

Not sure why D is wrong. C felt more correct to me. Others can be eliminates safely.
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Re: Although it was expected that workers under forty would show hostility [#permalink] New post  Updated on: 13 Oct 2005, 15:49
D.

'the' is not necessary. If it was singular, it would read - 'the report indicates that the younger people approve' and doesn't sound good.

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Re: Although it was expected that workers under forty would show hostility [#permalink] New post  13 Oct 2005, 15:41
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D.

'the' is not necessary. If it was singular, it would read - 'report indicates that the younger people approve' and doesn't sound good.


Can you please elaborate or give another example. I, still, cannot understnad the difference between article "the" included vs not.
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Re: Although it was expected that workers under forty would show hostility [#permalink] New post  13 Oct 2005, 15:59
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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Re: Although it was expected that workers under forty would show hostility [#permalink] New post  13 Oct 2005, 21:01
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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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Re: Although it was expected that workers under forty would show hostility [#permalink] New post  13 Oct 2005, 21:07
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The younger/older is used as a comparison.

Ex: The younger a person is the faster they learn.

Best answer is D. Short and sweet.
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Re: Although it was expected that workers under forty would show hostility [#permalink] New post  14 Oct 2005, 00:12
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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Re: Although it was expected that workers under forty would show hostility [#permalink] New post  21 Jun 2016, 08:02
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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Re: Although it was expected that workers under forty would show hostility [#permalink] New post  23 Jan 2017, 18:00
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i think "the" represents singular noun , and here it means many people
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Re: Although it was expected that workers under forty would show hostility [#permalink] New post  02 Aug 2018, 22:32
Rupaljain2018 wrote:
DIFFERECE BETWEEN C & D

DIfference? Added "the". Why would you need to add "the" before younger and older?
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Re: Although it was expected that workers under forty would show hostility [#permalink] New post  01 Apr 2020, 02:04
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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.



Aren't they specifically talking about the people in consideration here and hence "the" becomes a must
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Re: Although it was expected that workers under forty would show hostility [#permalink] New post  19 Apr 2020, 02:21
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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.


I think there are talking about specific people of that country/region etc and hence "the" is useful here .

Still haven't got a convincing reason to negate C apart from short and crisp philosophy.
Someone cares to explain ?
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Re: Although it was expected that workers under forty would show hostility [#permalink] New post  12 Jul 2022, 19:46
Please share why "the" is not required here
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Re: Although it was expected that workers under forty would show hostility [#permalink] New post  15 Jul 2022, 04:38
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NCC wrote:
Please share why "the" is not required here


Hello NCC,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, "the" is not needed, as both instances of "the" can be omitted without a loss of clarity.

We hope this helps.
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