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by shubhamkumar » Thu Apr 12, 2012 9:40 am
William Butler Yeats' stirring poem Meditations in Time of Civil War which uses imagery first depicting Ireland's overall struggle and then the poet ' s personal experiences, allows for a large number of interpretations of individual word choice but little debate over his overall meaning .

A.a large number of interpretations of individual word choice but little debate over his overall meaning
B.a large number of interpretations of individual word choice but less debate over his overall meaning
C.a large amount of interpretations of individual word choice but little debate over his overall meaning
D.a large amount of interpretations of individual word choice but less debate over his overall meaning
E.large amounts of interpretations of individual word choice but little debates over his overall meaning

OA:A
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by neelgandham » Thu Apr 12, 2012 10:36 am
A.a large number of interpretations of individual word choice but little debate over his overall meaning - Correct
B.a large number of interpretations of individual word choice but less debate over his overall meaning - The usage of less is inappropriate here as we are not comparing but quantifying
C.a large amount of interpretations of individual word choice but little debate over his overall meaning - As we use # for countables and interpretations are countables, we cannot use amount in this case
D.a large amount of interpretations of individual word choice but less debate over his overall meaning
E.large amounts of interpretations of individual word choice but little debates over his overall meaning -
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by GmatKiss » Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:05 am
shubhamkumar wrote:William Butler Yeats' stirring poem Meditations in Time of Civil War which uses imagery first depicting Ireland's overall struggle and then the poet ' s personal experiences, allows for a large number of interpretations of individual word choice but little debate over his overall meaning .

A.a large number of interpretations of individual word choice but little debate over his overall meaning
B.a large number of interpretations of individual word choice but less debate over his overall meaning
C.a large amount of interpretations of individual word choice but little debate over his overall meaning
D.a large amount of interpretations of individual word choice but less debate over his overall meaning
E.large amounts of interpretations of individual word choice but little debates over his overall meaning

OA:A
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