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SC Manhattan -3

by ILULA08 » Wed Aug 12, 2009 5:33 am
According to the international investment memorandum recently signed in Geneva, France is one of the 4 European nations planning to provide fewer tax incentives for foreign investment in production of heavy industrial machinery.

A) planning to provide fewer

B) planning to provide less

C) planning on providing fewer

D) which is planning on providing fewer

E) that is planning to provide less
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Re: SC Manhattan -3

by madhur_ahuja » Wed Aug 12, 2009 5:41 am
incentives should be uncountable. IMO E
ILULA08 wrote:According to the international investment memorandum recently signed in Geneva, France is one of the 4 European nations planning to provide fewer tax incentives for foreign investment in production of heavy industrial machinery.

A) planning to provide fewer

B) planning to provide less

C) planning on providing fewer

D) which is planning on providing fewer

E) that is planning to provide less
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by tom4lax » Thu Aug 13, 2009 2:05 pm
I vote for A.

OA?

I think fewer is preferrable to less here and "to provide" is the correct construction.
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Re: SC Manhattan -3

by umaa » Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:11 pm
ILULA08 wrote:According to the international investment memorandum recently signed in Geneva, France is one of the 4 European nations planning to provide fewer tax incentives for foreign investment in production of heavy industrial machinery.

A) planning to provide fewer

B) planning to provide less

C) planning on providing fewer

D) which is planning on providing fewer

E) that is planning to provide less
Tax incentives can't be numerical or countable. We can say, only Maximum or Minimum. So, FEWER is wrong.

A, C and D are out.

E - Wordy

B is concise and correct.
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Re: SC Manhattan -3

by mehravikas » Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:59 pm
E is incorrect because - one of the Xs that <plural>

"is" incorrect in E.

IMO - A

I think we can use fewer with tax incentives as they are countable.
madhur_ahuja wrote:incentives should be uncountable. IMO E
ILULA08 wrote:According to the international investment memorandum recently signed in Geneva, France is one of the 4 European nations planning to provide fewer tax incentives for foreign investment in production of heavy industrial machinery.

A) planning to provide fewer

B) planning to provide less

C) planning on providing fewer

D) which is planning on providing fewer

E) that is planning to provide less
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by naveenk » Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:52 pm
I am inclined to A

We can say "Each one of the cars is ... "
But once we use which or that the verb changes
i.e "Each one of the cars that are ....."
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by yalakaluma » Fri Aug 14, 2009 1:44 am
IMO A

We can count incentives...
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by capnx » Sun Aug 16, 2009 12:27 pm
between A and B...

OA plz... :cry:
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by sbasha » Sun Aug 16, 2009 8:10 pm
Incentive is countable. So Fewer wins

IMO A. Please post the OA.
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by real2008 » Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:06 am
it should be C. Oa please>>>>
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