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by geet » Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:25 pm
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.



1. movies—less than those
2. movies—fewer than have been
3. movies, which is less than those
4. movies, a number lower than the people
5. movies, fewer than the ones

i have confusion between B and E..plz explain it
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by goelmohit2002 » Fri Jun 26, 2009 12:05 am
IMO B is better then E because of "one one rules"....

As per Kaplan...

one cannot refer back to anything except previous one....

Moreover in "E"....fewer then....acts as modifier....modifying movies....which is incorrect...

By using "-"...B adds just more information to the sentence.....
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by hetavdave » Fri Jun 26, 2009 4:12 am
I too have a confusion between B and E but i'll go with E

B -
fewer than have been killed by bee stings.....seems awkward.

E doesn't look the best option but seems best out of the lot for me.

what's OA?
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by goelmohit2002 » Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:08 am
Although "B" looks to be the best amongst the lot....but can someone please tell don't we need "those" in B in order to complete the comparison ?
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by rahulg83 » Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:32 am
There seems to lot of discrepancy over this question..i checked in another forum. Although OA is E, there was lot of confusion between B and E
https://gmatclub.com/forum/sc-how-exactl ... 72055.html

geet, Source of this question?
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by Domnu » Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:47 am
Why can't the answer be D?
Have you wondered how you could have found such a treasure? -T
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by rahulg83 » Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:50 am
Why can't the answer be D?
Because it is comparing numbers with people
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