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wishful_way

84.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

答案是D,为什么不能选C，the younger and the older 可以理解成特指前面提到的比40岁年轻的和老的人么？

eleanor613

  与 workers 对称

  workers 泛指  older 和 young 又都包括在 workers 里面 所以也泛指

wishful_way

既然前面提到了works under 40,后面再提不就应该加the来表示特指么。。。

还是不大明白，大家来讨论下

阿彻

不明白~作为一类人群不是应该用the young the old么？