Sentence Correction

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


OA D[/spoiler]

abhishekg21 wrote: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

X AND Y - should be ||ell - drop A/B
C/E - WORDY
IMO D

is C discarded just because it is wordy ?

Correct parallelism in D, May be I guess there is no need to use definite article "the" as in C

abhishekg21 wrote: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


OA D[/spoiler]

use of "the" restricts the mass that is talked about here and as the report talks about any workers, it correct to use "X" rather than "the X"

HENCE D is the best one.

HTH