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Wed 30 Mar, 2011 08:35 am
Which one of the two phrases is correct and why?
The income of senior citizen/senior citizens
thanks in advance
Since there is no article, it should be senior citizens. That is not a sentence, it is a sentence fragment, so it's a little difficult to know just what you want. If it read "the income of a senior citizen" or "the income of the senior citizzen," that is, if there were an indefinite or a definite article, then you would use the singular. As it stands right now, you want the plural.
@bubu,
The second is correct because the first makes no sense.
@bubu,
Quote:The income of senior citizen
This could work, if a name was added,
The income of senior citizen Smith