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pakaskwa
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The gryfalcon, 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 1970's.
A. same
B. extinction; its numbers are now five times more than
C. extinction; its numbers now fivefold what they were
D. extinction, now wieht fivefold the numbers they had
E. extinction, now with numbers five times greater than
I chose B, but the OA is A.
The explanation for B said, "the use of more instead of greater inappropriately implies there are now more numbers, rather than more gyrfalcons."
When can I use "numbers are greater than..." and when can I use "numbers are more than..."?
Or should I always say "numbers are greater than..."?
A. same
B. extinction; its numbers are now five times more than
C. extinction; its numbers now fivefold what they were
D. extinction, now wieht fivefold the numbers they had
E. extinction, now with numbers five times greater than
I chose B, but the OA is A.
The explanation for B said, "the use of more instead of greater inappropriately implies there are now more numbers, rather than more gyrfalcons."
When can I use "numbers are greater than..." and when can I use "numbers are more than..."?
Or should I always say "numbers are greater than..."?
