The best answer: A good exercise program helps teach (A) people to avoid...

[giang93]

From the four underlined words or phrases A , B , C or D , indentify the one that is not correct

A good exercise program helps teach ( A ) people to avoid ( B)the habits that might (C) shorten the (D) lives .

Help me to choose the best answer and explain for me why , please

Thanks for help
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[Mister Micawber]

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Which do you think is wrong, Giang?
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[giang93]

i guess it's D . the because of the noun "lives" . But however , I'm not sure because in some case , we can use "the" even though there is a plural noun after it .
Am i right ?

[Mister Micawber]

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D is wrong, but 'lives' is no problem. 'The' is inappropriate because 'people' have already been mentioned. It should read 'their lives'.
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[giang93]

Thank you