little- youth
this is fairly confusing

when talking about ants , what do you say

they feed the ants´ Little/ youth/ young/ new ''???

Also, how can an adjective be left on their own following a n article??

Thanks

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little- youth
this  is fairly confusing

when talking about ants , what do you say

they feed the ants´ Little/ youth/ young/ new   ''???

Also,  how can an adjective be left on their own following a n article??

Thanks

Answer

I would say "the ants' young." The word "young" is sometimes used as noun to refer to the babies of any given animal. So, it is not "an adjective being left on it's own," it is, in fact, a noun here.

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I would most likely say 'baby ants ', but I am not sure if that is scientically correct or not.