The youngest to win

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The guest on our program will be the youngest ____________ the quiz.A. to win	B. that wins	C. who is winning	D. wonI think both A & C are correct. Am I right? Thanks in advance

BarbaraPA · Accepted Answer

This question is very odd. You don't "win" a quiz. You pass a quiz, or get a high score on a quiz, but you win a contest. Additionally, there is only one "winner" so that person is simultaneously the oldest, youngest, tallest, and shortest winner there is. I suppose if there is an annual contest, and the guest will be the person who, from among all past winners, was the youngest to win it, that would work. But that requires a lot of assumptions.

Let's assume it said "pass," though.

If the quiz is still in the future, then A makes sense. The youngest person to pass will be the guest.

C would make sense only if it was an ongoing process - a few people get eliminated or scores are calculated periodically so it's the youngest person at that point in time. This doesn't seem likely.

D is ungrammatical. B should be "who" instead of "that" but has the same other problems with "win."

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