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by Mike@Magoosh » Wed Aug 28, 2013 11:04 am
For every one hundred applicants who send their resume to Megatonic Consulting, the interview committee will interview less than six of them.
(A) the interview committee will interview less than six of them
(B) under six of them will be interviewed by the committee
(C) an interview conducted by the committee will be given to fewer than six of that hundred
(D) less than six of that hundred will have a committee interview
(E) fewer than six will be interviewed by the committee

For a discussion of idioms related to number & quantity, as well as the OA & explanation of this particular question, see:
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by vinay1983 » Thu Aug 29, 2013 4:54 am
Mike@Magoosh wrote:For every one hundred applicants who send their resume to Megatonic Consulting, the interview committee will interview less than six of them.
(A) the interview committee will interview less than six of them
(B) under six of them will be interviewed by the committee
(C) an interview conducted by the committee will be given to fewer than six of that hundred
(D) less than six of that hundred will have a committee interview
(E) fewer than six will be interviewed by the committee

For a discussion of idioms related to number & quantity, as well as the OA & explanation of this particular question, see:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2013/gmat-sente ... ve-idioms/

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Thanks Mike, I got 4 of them correct.I have been following your posts about SC.It really helps.I liked this part"Split #3: Concision. Choice (E) is an wordy monstrosity that should be taken out back and shot. The hypothetical "would be an illegal drug" is totally inappropriate to the context. It's not that heroin or cocaine "would be" illegal - they are illegal!! Choice (E) is far too wordy as well as illogical, so it is incorrect."

Poor option "E", never had the chance to see daylight.

Can you generalize the usage of fewer, less, more than and greater than for the benefit of the forum?
You can, for example never foretell what any one man will do, but you can say with precision what an average number will be up to!
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by Mike@Magoosh » Thu Aug 29, 2013 12:54 pm
vinay1983 wrote:Can you generalize the usage of fewer, less, more than and greater than for the benefit of the forum?
Dear vinay1983,
Thanks for your kind words, my friend. Since I have already written about all this already in blogs that are free to the whole world, I think I'll just post the links:
1) https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/gmat-gramm ... -vs-fewer/
2) https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/gmat-compa ... -vs-fewer/
3) https://magoosh.com/gmat/2013/gmat-sente ... ve-idioms/
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