请教语法

joywzy

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 government mental appropriations for social security.

C: the younger and the older
D: younger and older peopl

答案： D， 我选C ， 这两者都可以，为什么答案是D？

谢谢！

Louisa_xy

the young/old 表示一类人都是the+adj.原级，不能是比较级。

joywzy

明白了，谢谢louisaMM!