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Only seven people this century have been killed by the great white shark, the man-eater of the movies-less than those killed by bee stings.

a. movies-less than those
b. movies-fewer than have been
c. movies, which is less than those
d. movies, a number lower than the people
e. movies, fewer than the ones

OA is B

Could someone explain what is the problem with D .

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by Dani@MasterGMAT » Wed Nov 03, 2010 4:12 am

GMATMadeEasy wrote:Only seven people this century have been killed by the great white shark, the man-eater of the movies-less than those killed by bee stings.

a. movies-less than those
b. movies-fewer than have been
c. movies, which is less than those
d. movies, a number lower than the people
e. movies, fewer than the ones

OA is B

Could someone explain what is the problem with D .

The problem with D is a logical one - it compares number to people, instead of number to number. A number cannot logically be lower than the people - it must be lower than the number of people.

Dr. Dani Noy
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https://www.mastergmat.com

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by GMATMadeEasy » Wed Nov 03, 2010 5:48 am

Thank you. i see what you mean . then what is the issue with E ? same ?

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by pesfunk » Wed Nov 03, 2010 9:58 pm

Yeah...could someone please explain ?

I am confused between B and E...I chose E :'(

GMATMadeEasy wrote:Thank you. i see what you mean . then what is the issue with E ? same ?

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by Shawshank » Wed Nov 03, 2010 10:24 pm

pesfunk wrote:Yeah...could someone please explain ?

I am confused between B and E...I chose E :'(

GMATMadeEasy wrote:Thank you. i see what you mean . then what is the issue with E ? same ?
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