"They do not want to be the last people."

Translation: Họ không muốn là những người cuối cùng.

[Hauzero]

Is những really necassary?

[StewartMM]

It marks it wrong if it's not. Moreover, it also marks 'các' wrong too.

[tiff_th]

Các was marked wrong for me as well

[IsaacEarl1]

yes I am wondering this as well...

[Chris273763]

Họ is plural, so the người needs to be made plural with the những (ie they don't want to be the last people vs they don't want to be the last person).

[JorisHeylen]

People can refer to 1 group of humans however if they would write "They do not want to be the last humans." it would have another connotation.

[huuhaixd]

Họ không muốn trở thành những người cuối cùng

[jcw8wQ]

once again the English translations mix people and persons. Here if people means persons one must put nguoi in the plural; if people is a community of persons having common characters nguoi must be in the singular even with ho
this is not the first time that we see this in the lessons. the author arbitrarily imposes an interpretation which is painful

[XieC2]

Họ không muốn lầm những người cuối cùng should be accepted.

[VzcJAqoC]

Why is 'Họ không muốn là các người cuối cùng` wrong ?