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by mehrasa » Thu Oct 06, 2011 9:20 am
Alice doesn't really like to eat vegetables, but she ate a little peas, some carrots and both corn at her grandmother's for dinner.
a) she ate a little peas, some carrots and both corn
b) she ate some peas, much carrots and a couple corn
c) she ate some peas, a lot of carrots and a couple ears of corn
d) she ate a little peas, a little carrots and lots of corn
e) she ate some peas, a lot of carrots and a much ears of corn

[spoiler]OA:C[/spoiler]
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by GmatKiss » Thu Oct 06, 2011 9:30 am
mehrasa wrote:Alice doesn't really like to eat vegetables, but she ate a little peas, some carrots and both corn at her grandmother's for dinner.
a) she ate a little peas, some carrots and both corn
b) she ate some peas, much carrots and a couple corn
c) she ate some peas, a lot of carrots and a couple ears of corn
d) she ate a little peas, a little carrots and lots of corn
e) she ate some peas, a lot of carrots and a much ears of corn

[spoiler]OA:D[/spoiler]
IMO:D, all others lack the flow.

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by mehrasa » Thu Oct 06, 2011 10:47 am
if the carrots or peas are countable how come we can use "a little"?

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by mehrasa » Thu Oct 06, 2011 11:16 am
oh,, it seems it was a typo.. fortunately the correct answer is C not D
now everything is in its place ;)

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by sl750 » Thu Oct 06, 2011 11:20 am
@Mehrasa
You don't count your peas, do you?? : )
The carrots could have been grated, you never know

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