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Peemanhm Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
Unemployed
I have seen the following sentence:
The number of unemployed is likely to rise.
Is the above correct? I thought the correct form should be: The number of the unemployed is likely to rise.
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Peemanhm The number of unemployed is likely to rise. It's common in news articles. The article "the" is not used.
- Peemanhm The number of unemployed is likely to rise.
- It's common in news articles.
- The article "the" is not used.
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PeemanhmThe number of unemployed is likely to rise.
It's common in news articles. The article "the" is not used.
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