Select the correct option for the following incorrect statement:
Obesity in teenage children is a major concern between parents today.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Obesity in teenaged children is a major concern among parents today.
Between and among:
- Between is used for two people or things, or for separate ones named one by one.
- Among is used for a group of more than two, taken together.
- This sentence: "parents" means parents in general, a large group, so the concern is common among parents. "Teenaged children" (children in their teens) is a correct adjective form.
Example: The prize money was divided among the five winners.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: Obesity in teenager children is a major concern between parents today. — Incorrect.
- "Teenager" is a noun; before "children" the adjective "teenage" or "teenaged" is needed.
- The error "between parents" is kept.
Option 2: Obesity in teenaged children is a major concern between parents today. — Incorrect. It keeps the error "between parents"; a large group needs "among".
Option 4: Obesity among teenaged children is a major concern between parents today. — Incorrect. It changes the correct "in teenaged children" but keeps the real error, "between parents".
Contrast: between two parents (a pair) but among parents (the whole group).