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Younger or the younger

by El Cucu » Tue Dec 30, 2008 5:58 pm
8. 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

Guys does anyone know when to use the or when not to use it?
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by vishubn » Tue Dec 30, 2008 6:08 pm
IMO C
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by logitech » Tue Dec 30, 2008 6:38 pm
English has two articles: the and a/an. The is used to refer to specific or particular nouns; a/an is used to modify non-specific or non-particular nouns. We call the the definite article and a/an the indefinite article.

the = definite article

a/an = indefinite article

For example, if I say, "Let's read the book," I mean a specific book. If I say, "Let's read a book," I mean any book rather than a specific book.

Here's another way to explain it: The is used to refer to a specific or particular member of a group. For example, "I just saw the most popular movie of the year." There are many movies, but only one particular movie is the most popular. Therefore, we use the.

"A/an" is used to refer to a non-specific or non-particular member of the group. For example, "I would like to go see a movie." Here, we're not talking about a specific movie. We're talking about any movie. There are many movies, and I want to see any movie. I don't have a specific one in mind.
So in this question you need to use:

definite article - the

and also keep things //

so choose C
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by El Cucu » Tue Dec 30, 2008 7:02 pm
vishubn wrote:IMO C
I'm sorry but choice C is awkward and unclear as it seems to refer to a particular group of younger and older people by using the definite article "the." D, the better of the two, correctly refers to younger people and older people in general.
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by ronniecoleman » Tue Dec 30, 2008 10:06 pm
IMO is D

Check this explanation!
https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/tou ... -t700.html
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by iamcste » Tue Dec 30, 2008 10:09 pm
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by logitech » Tue Dec 30, 2008 10:25 pm
Thats true. We dont need "THE"
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