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by gmatdriller » Tue Nov 06, 2012 7:47 am
The number of men that are legally married but harboring concubines outside their
matrimonial homes may be higher than twice the population previously imagined.

A:.....
B: Men, married outside but harboring concubines outside their matrimonial homes,
may outnumber

Why is B better than A?
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by prat_agl » Tue Nov 06, 2012 9:26 am
The number of construction takes singular :

The number of students is .....

A number of construction takes plural

A number of students are .....
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by gmatdriller » Tue Nov 06, 2012 9:36 am
prat_agl wrote:The number of construction takes singular :

The number of students is .....

A number of construction takes plural

A number of students are .....
"The number of men THAT are..."
i think "that" modifies "men" and the plural form is correct.
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by GMATcrack » Wed Nov 07, 2012 6:00 am
Hi,

I actually find both the options weird but if I have to pick one, then I will pick A

My analysis:

A) I think use of plural "are" is correct because it is correctly referring to "men" and not "number" but here I would rather use "who" instead of "that", since who is used to describe people. Secondly, I would use "greater" or simply "more" than "higher".

So, correct sentence should read: The number of men who are legally married but harboring concubines outside their matrimonial homes may be greater/ more than twice the population previously imagined.

B) This is clearly wrong for me because of comparison sake- here Men is compared with the population and that doesn't make sense. Also the prepositional phrase - married outside but harboring concubines outside their matrimonial homes distorts the intent of original sentence.
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