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by Gurpinder » Wed Aug 25, 2010 2:52 pm
the gyrfalcon, an arctic bird of prey, has survived a close brush with extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than when the use of DDT was sharply restricted in the early 1970s.


should it be more than?? because we are talking about numbers

the OA says that its GREATER than....

what am i missing guys?
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by BastiG » Wed Aug 25, 2010 4:34 pm
Can u pls give all the answer possibilities (A-E) and hide the official answer. So everybody can discuss and give you a good explanation.
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by hi.itz.mani » Wed Aug 25, 2010 11:58 pm
This question has already been discussed in one of the posts. Kindly use the search feature.
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by Gurpinder » Thu Aug 26, 2010 8:06 am
This is the takeaway guys, if anyone is still wondering:

"if you are talking about an increase in a single statistic, you use GREATER. if you are counting things, and NOT referring to 'the number' or 'the population' or any other single statistic, you use MORE THAN"
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