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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Fri Apr 23, 2010 1:56 pm
9. A Labor Department study states that the numbers of women employed outside the home grew by more than a thirty-five percent increase in the past decade and accounted for more than sixty-two percent of the total growth in the civilian work force.
(A) numbers of women employed outside the home grew by more than a thirty-five percent increase
(B) numbers of women employed outside the home grew more than thirty-five percent
(C) numbers of women employed outside the home were raised by more than thirty-five percent
(D) number of women employed outside the home increased by more than thirty-five percent
(E) number of women employed outside the home was raised by more than a thirty-five percent increase
can any body explain the answer?
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by student22 » Fri Apr 23, 2010 2:09 pm
IMO, D is correct.

"Numbers of" is unidiomatic. A,B,C are out.

E is incorrect because a number can't be "raised". Also, more than and increase are redundant.

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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Fri Apr 23, 2010 8:31 pm
Number of is there in every sentence , plz explain for D

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by frank1 » Fri Apr 23, 2010 9:01 pm
i have read numbers of....is incorrect so down to D and E
E's word "increase" atlast make its quite ackward i guess
so i will go with D

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by student22 » Sat Apr 24, 2010 7:01 am
pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:Number of is there in every sentence , plz explain for D
Numbers of is NEVER correct.

Number of is correct.

Note the distinction. Memorize it.

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by aplavakarthik » Sun Sep 11, 2011 1:43 am
a, b, c are out because of "numbers of". Number of is the right usage

Now u are left with D and E.

E is redundant, U can see "raised by more than a thirty-five percent increase"

raised and increased are the same- redundant here; even in the given sentence u can observe GREW and INCREASE which is redundant.

So answer is D[/b]

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