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by Mayur Sand » Thu Jul 30, 2009 6:55 pm
When drive-ins were at the height of their popularity in the late 1950’ some 4,000s,existed in the United States, but today there are less than one-quarter that many.
A. there are less than one-quarter that many
B.there are fewer than one-quarter as many
C. there are fewer than one-quarter of that amount
D. the number is less than one-quarter the amount
E. it is less than one-quarter of that amount


IMO b OA C Plz explain
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by vinayakdl » Thu Jul 30, 2009 6:59 pm
IMO: B

"fewer" is used for countable and "less" for uncountable.
same issue with "amount"


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by ashton_s_83 » Thu Aug 06, 2009 11:46 am
(C) is correct... if you look at the structure of the "as" clause, you have to compare one clause to another using "as", here (b) tries to compare a word (many) with an entire clause. This is incorrect.
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by Umar82 » Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:42 pm
the OA is "B", please be sure to post the correct answers next time.
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by russland » Sat Aug 22, 2009 5:39 am
This is a GMATprep II question. The OA is b).
I saw this one today while taking a practice test.
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by shahdevine » Sat Aug 22, 2009 7:35 am
Mayur Sand wrote:When drive-ins were at the height of their popularity in the late 1950� some 4,000s,existed in the United States, but today there are less than one-quarter that many.
A. there are less than one-quarter that many
B.there are fewer than one-quarter as many
C. there are fewer than one-quarter of that amount
D. the number is less than one-quarter the amount
E. it is less than one-quarter of that amount


IMO b OA C Plz explain

C...

first off "fewer" is appropriate for countable descriptions. "4000s existed" is quantifiable so A,D,E are out.

second, the difference between b and c has to do with what the author intends to say. "fewer than one quarter as many" is not specific as specific in a quantifiable sense as "fewer than one quarter of that amount".
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by goelmohit2002 » Thu Aug 27, 2009 12:50 pm
But I read in Manhattan SC guide....that for fractions "less than" is used....then why the same is not the case here ?

Can someone please tell ?
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by vani_13in » Thu Aug 27, 2009 3:08 pm
goelmohit2002 wrote:But I read in Manhattan SC guide....that for fractions "less than" is used....then why the same is not the case here ?

Can someone please tell ?
In this case, its one quater of 4000, which comes out to be a number i.e. 1000

But I am not sure if answer is B or C. Can someone please confirm?
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by kbharadwaj.1987 » Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:38 pm
It's B.
I'll tell you why,
because when one says fewer, one obviously has to refer to number, but the C option brings in amount. Fewer Amount. Whom are you kidding?
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by scoobydooby » Fri Aug 28, 2009 12:58 am
fewer is used for countable nouns,1/3 rd of 4000 cars are definitely countable. so "fewer" is fine.

less is used for non-count nouns or numbers

B looks better than A
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by heshamelaziry » Fri Aug 28, 2009 1:38 am
goelmohit2002 wrote:But I read in Manhattan SC guide....that for fractions "less than" is used....then why the same is not the case here ?

Can someone please tell ?

Less is used with Percentages, Money, and distance. I think all fractions use take FEW.
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by heshamelaziry » Fri Aug 28, 2009 1:46 am
russland wrote:This is a GMATprep II question. The OA is b).
I saw this one today while taking a practice test.

Who is the publisher of GMATprep ???

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