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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Mon Jul 19, 2010 8:24 pm
With a total population of less than two hundred and fewer breeding females than ever before, the American crocodile seemed a decade ago to be in danger of disappearing.


(A) of less than two hundred and fewer
(B) lower than two hundred and less
(C) lesser than two hundred and fewer
(D) fewer than two hundred and less
(E) of fewer than two hundred and of fewer
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by neerajbansal » Mon Jul 19, 2010 8:45 pm
With a total population of less than two hundred and fewer breeding females than ever before, the American crocodile seemed a decade ago to be in danger of disappearing.


This sentence basically test the rule of understanding countable vs non countable noun.


(A) of less than two hundred and fewer --> cream of the crap..Looks correct to me. Whats the OA ?
(B) lower than two hundred and less -> a count is small not lower...
(C) lesser than two hundred and fewer --> lesser compared to what ??? there is no comparison
(D) fewer than two hundred and less --> less breeding females is wrong.
(E) of fewer than two hundred and of fewer --> parallelism issue here. of less than and fewer breesind..
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by paddle_sweep » Tue Jul 20, 2010 3:31 am
I will go with
'C'
. Pls post OA.
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by sumanr84 » Tue Jul 20, 2010 3:38 am
A is correct.

A detailed explanation of when to use what..
https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/post26913.html
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by outreach » Tue Jul 20, 2010 5:32 am
if option E was "of fewer than two hundred and fewer" than will it be correct?
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