[Grammar] The younger gets rebuked/reproached/scolded.

[Aamir Tariq]

When we talk about someone collectively like "the poor", "the youth", "the younger"

for example when we scold or taunt or reproach or rebuke younger children.

Can we say

The younger gets rebuked/reproached/scolded.
The younger get rebuked/reproached/scolded.

The younger get or the younger gets?

And if we want to use them in "passive voice" will we use "is" or "are"?

The younger is rebuked/reproached/scolded.
The younger are rebuked/reproached/scolded.

Regards
Aamir the Global Citizen

 

[bhaisahab]

Re: How to treat compound nouns in present simple?

We don't talk about "the younger".

 

[Rover_KE]

Re: How to treat compound nouns in present simple?

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If you mean 'young children', say so. If you mean 'young people' they are called 'the young'.

'The young get rebuked for bad behaviour in the classroom'.

'Young children are scolded for being cheeky.'

Both are passive.

 

[Aamir Tariq]

Are they collective nouns like "the police", "the military", "the youth", "the poor", because they comprise of many individuals collectively?

And do you guys use "the youth" to refer to younger people?