Make new friends,
but keep the old.
One is silver,
and the other gold.
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This is a camp song.
About the song, would you answer the following questions?
Q1: What does 'the old' mean?
1. the old friends
2. old friends
Q2: In 'the old gold,' 'is' is missing before 'gold.' Is it right?
Q3: What does 'One' mean?
1. a new friend
2. the new friend
3. new friends
4. the new friends
5. the group of new friends
6. the group of the new friends
7. the team of new friends
8. the team of the new friends
Q4: What does 'the other' mean?
1. a old friend
2. the old friend
3. old friends
4. the old friends
5. the group of old friends
6. the group of the old friends
7. the team of oldw friends
8. the team of the old friends
Anyone wanna date?
yes
same
Q1: It means both, whether you use "the" or not, it means your "old friends," people who have been your friends for a long time.
Q2: It's a stylistic choice. "Is" is implied. It's correct.
Q3: It means "new friends". As a group, "new friends" is one group.
Q4: It means "old friends", again, as a group.