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"In this room, there are five who are unemployed and ten underemployed."Would dropping "who are" cause ungrammaticality?

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

I believe you will need the "who are" in both cases:

In this room, there are five who are unemployed and ten who are underemployed.

If you are in the middle of a conversation and you have already been discussing this topic, you could probably say, "in this room, there are five unemployed and ten underemployed." It wouldn't be ungrammatical, but it might not be clear to the listener if you haven't already been talking about this topic.

If you are writing, I suggest you use the "who are" before both unemployed and underemployed as I stated above. To clarify even more, I'd put in the word "people" after the "five."

In this room, there are five people who are unemployed and ten who are underemployed.

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MeggPhaggSioux · Answer

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/david-cameron/6258144/David-Cameron-we-will-offer-the-radical-new-direction-the-country-is-crying-out-for.html

"But the crisis we face today is not just about debt – it's about jobs. There are already two and a half million people unemployed. That could rise as high as three million."

So, there should be "who are" between "people" and "unemployed"?

Mister Micawber · Answer

In this room, there are five unemployed and ten underemployed.-- This is fine, Megg. No 'who are' is required anywhere in the sentences you have presented.

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