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by mgmt_gmat » Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:19 am
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
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by gmatmachoman » Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:21 am
Is it D?
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by prinit » Tue Feb 16, 2010 1:08 pm
mgmt_gmat 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
My Pick is C.

OA pls.
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by sars72 » Tue Feb 16, 2010 1:16 pm
fewer is used for countable entities, not less.

choice B is the only one that maintains this and a parallel structure.
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by tomada » Tue Feb 16, 2010 1:21 pm
I agree with Sars72. The only two possible choices are 'B' and 'E', because they correctly contain the word "fewer" with respect to the countable entities (people). Then, the "have been killed" in choice 'B' matches up with the "have been killed" earlier in the statement.
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by chintudave » Tue Feb 16, 2010 9:23 pm
IMO E

Fewer is Countable and Lower is not. Therefore choices are B or E.

The hyphen between the "movies" and "fewer" in B breaks the sentence in correctly to make "-eater of the movies-".

Hence E.
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by neelimareddym » Tue Feb 16, 2010 11:12 pm
IMO E..
A and C are out. Less can be used for uncountable nouns only
D.. I found it too awkward.
Found E better than B
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by girish3131 » Tue Feb 16, 2010 11:40 pm
IS THERE IS A FINE OF 1000000000000000000000$ TO PUT OA WITH QUESTION.... ?
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by sumanr84 » Wed Feb 17, 2010 2:02 am
mgmt_gmat 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
mgmt_gmat - Pls underline the incorrect part. Most of your posts are without underline part.
I am on a break !!
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by tomada » Wed Feb 17, 2010 5:24 am
And now, remedial question interpretation: In the absence of the 'underline', remember that choice (A) repeats the phrase which is underlined.
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by viidyasagar » Wed Feb 17, 2010 6:11 am
Dear mgmt_gmat:

Couple of things

1. https://www.beatthegmat.com/comma-or-hyp ... html#83324 - Kindly, SEARCH before you post

2. Underline the suspect part (people are timing their responses, not underlining wastes time)

I thought we had discussed these issues.

Tx
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