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Youth Young People Life City Interesting Things Refer

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Keyword youth
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence Life in a city is more interesting for the youth because there are more things to do.
Correct Sentence Life in a city is more interesting for young people because there are more things to do.
Cloze Error Sentence Life in a city is more interesting for [[the youth]] because there are more things to do.
Cloze Sentence Life in a city is more interesting for [[young people]] because there are more things to do.
Cloze Answer young people
Choices the youth | young people
Explanation

Youth (countable) is used, often in a disapproving way, to refer to a boy/young man between the ages of about fifteen and twenty: 'He was attacked and robbed by a gang of youths.'

Youth (uncountable) is used mainly in formal styles to refer to all young people considered as a group in society: 'The youth of industrialized nations need to be made aware of global problems.'

The usual phrase for 'people between the ages of about fifteen and twenty' is young people: 'These holidays are designed for young people like yourselves.'

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