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by hemant_rajput » Wed Aug 28, 2013 10:13 am

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Is my reasoning is correct?
A - less than is wrong over here
B and D - wrong because of double negative
C - illogical, as it says about one percent of inflicted home
E - proper , hence correct answer[/spoiler]

I'm no expert, just trying to work on my skills. If I've made any mistakes please bear with me.

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by [email protected] » Wed Aug 28, 2013 12:48 pm

Hi hemant_rajput,

Yes, your reasoning is perfect. Nicely done!

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by faraz_jeddah » Thu Aug 29, 2013 6:38 am

So 'fewer' can be used with referring to percentage of homes?

Is that because percentage is countable or the homes countable?

What if homes were replaced with a non countable noun?

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by [email protected] » Thu Aug 29, 2013 1:30 pm

Hi faraz_jeddah,

Yes, fewer can be used here because its a reference to "one percent of homes" (which is a countable thing).

However, if the SC referred to a non-countable thing (such as "air"), the presentation would be this:

Less than one percent of the air in the room.

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