请教： LZM E5-46

coloruser

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.
C) the younger and the older
D) younger and older people
问： C 中the younger and the older 不可以指二类人吗？  它错在何处？
D 若按LZM的说法， GMAT 中不加the也可指二类人， people加在后面起啥作用？

siebel

D younger and older is adjective which modify people.
C the younger and the older, the scope is too wide which seems to refer to not only the younger in the Research Report, but the younger of the whole world.

joywzy

for your reference,

in C, the young and the old is idiom ,but the younger and the older is unidiom.

siebel

以下是引用joywzy在2003-5-8 21:37:00的发言：
for your reference,

in C, the young and the old is idiom ,but the younger and the older is unidiom.

队长的更对！典型OG风格，ETS精髓。

coloruser

茅塞顿开，看来要多看official guide