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is "numbers of" always wrong??

by clueless_me » Thu Oct 07, 2010 10:00 am
Only when a product is demanded by sufficiently large numbers of people is mass production feasible.
(A) sufficiently large numbers of people is mass production
(B) a sufficient amount of people would mass production become
(C) sufficient people would mass production become
(0) a sufficient amount of people is mass production
(E) sufficient amounts of people is mass production

ans is A

numbers of caught me here!!!
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by niksworth » Thu Oct 07, 2010 10:28 am
Ah! Bad question. What is the source?

Only when a product is demanded by sufficiently large numbers of people is mass production feasible. - Bad

Only when a product is demanded by a sufficiently large number of people is mass production feasible. - Good
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by shovan85 » Thu Oct 07, 2010 10:34 am
clueless_me wrote:Only when a product is demanded by sufficiently large numbers of people is mass production feasible.
(A) sufficiently large numbers of people is mass production
(B) a sufficient amount of people would mass production become
(C) sufficient people would mass production become
(0) a sufficient amount of people is mass production
(E) sufficient amounts of people is mass production

ans is A

numbers of caught me here!!!
The book or material you are referring to must have mentioned "the numbers of" is always wrong. Yes it is. Here the usage is "large numbers of" in a way to emphasize number in a sense lots of people.

So "the numbers of" is always wrong not "numbers of". :)
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