youth vs youths

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Forty youth/youths attended the camp.

Should it be youth or youths? Thanks.

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@tanguatlay,

Youths is correct.

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@tanguatlay,

In Canada, we would use youth in that context.

http://www.yellowheadcs.ca/programs-and-services/children-and-youth-6---18-years/youth-activities

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with up to 30 youth attending on a Friday night.

http://nluc.org/2012/03/may-retreat-youth-may-18-21-register-with-www-vanyaya-bc-ca/

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Attended by 4 youth

https://torontofoundation.ca/stories/sherbourne-health-centre-supporting-our-youth

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3,500 youth attended SOY programs

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@tanguatlay,

Youths is correct.
There are some reasons：a. If youth refers to the time of life when a person is young, youth is an uncountable noun. b. If it refers to a young man, then it is a countable noun.

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@Gypsophila,

I' m confused. Does British English use youth and American English youths, as ehBeth said?

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@tanguatlay,

I'm in Canada, not the US. All of the samples I provided are from Canadian sources.

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If an activity were intended for adolescents, I would call it a youth activity. The people attending would be youths. If it matters, I am in the US>

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I agree with Roger. Lordyaswas has expressed the same opinion, and he is an Englishman. I suggest that Beth's examples may represent a uniquely Canadian usage.

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@tanguatlay,

YOUT'S

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@farmerman,

farmerman wrote:

YOUT'S

What is YOUT'S?

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@tanguatlay,

Thanks to all of you except farmerman. He has yet to answer my question.

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@tanguatlay,

I think that farmerman was letting you know how it is pronounced in the area where he lives.

I live in London, and many Londoners would pronounce youth 'yoof'.

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@tanguatlay,

I mistakenly alluded to the possessive form of YOUT. For pronunciation I refer you to the role of Daniel DeVito in his portrayal of a barrister in the fine motion picture
"My Cousin Vinny"

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@farmerman,

farmerman wrote:

I mistakenly alluded to the possessive form of YOUT. For pronunciation I refer you to the role of Daniel DeVito in his portrayal of a barrister in the fine motion picture
"My Cousin Vinny"

Wasn't Danny DeVito. Twas Joe Pesche.

The defense is WRONG!

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@chai2,

A fine fillum indeed.

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@chai2,

oy. I always confuse those two . Well, Im glad you corrected my mistake before it went viral.

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@farmerman,

Favorite DeVito line in Other People's Money.

He's sitting at his desk talking to someone when the phone rings. He picks it up, listens and says "Your wife?......Yeah, she's here.....she can't talk right now, my dicks in her mouth"

He hangs up and says "God I love wrong numbers"

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