Sentence Correction

New Jersey’s is one of the five highest number of reported cases of Lyme disease in the United States.
(A) New Jersey’s is one of the five highest number of reported
(B) New Jersey’s is one of the five highest numbers in reporting
(C) New Jersey has a report of one of the five highest numbers of
(D) New Jersey has one of the five highest numbers of reported
(E) New Jersey reports one of the five highest number of

The rest have [b]numbers of[/b] which is incorrect i guess. Not sure about choice E as its truncated.

Edit:
I would go with E for the simple reason that numbers of is an incorrect usage.

-Deepak

New Jersey’s is one of the five highest number of reported cases of Lyme disease in the United States.
(A) New Jersey’s is one of the five highest number of reported
(B) New Jersey’s is one of the five highest numbers in reporting
(C) New Jersey has a report of one of the five highest numbers of
(D) New Jersey has one of the five highest numbers of reported
(E) New Jersey
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Natural numbers are the product of human spirit.

IMO D

After the first read, it's evident that "New Jersey's" meant to indicate the no. of reported cases of Lyme disease in NJ. However, the sentence does not explicitly state so thus making it confusing.

Thus eliminate A & B & E.

Choice C -"has a report" seems awkward.

Thus choice D is the best choice.

Please post E?

D has "numbers of" hence out.


Vinayak

i have edited it now.

maihuna wrote:New Jersey’s is one of the five highest number of reported cases of Lyme disease in the United States.
(A) New Jersey’s is one of the five highest number of reported
(B) New Jersey’s is one of the five highest numbers in reporting
(C) New Jersey has a report of one of the five highest numbers of
(D) New Jersey has one of the five highest numbers of reported
(E) New Jersey reports one of the five highest number of

The best amongst the above look to be D....but the problem with the above is "Numbers of" which has been straight away said to be wrong by Manhattan.... ....Can someone please explain....

Probably this might be the reason....One of the <Plural>...but I am not sure....

But there looks to be errors in other options too...

(A) New Jersey’s is one of the five highest number of reported
New Jersey has required.

(B) New Jersey’s is one of the five highest numbers in reporting
New Jersey has required.

(C) New Jersey has a report of one of the five highest numbers of
Changes meaning...it says New Jersey has a report rather then reported cases....

(D) New Jersey has one of the five highest numbers of reported
Looks to be the best.

(E) New Jersey reports one of the five highest number of
New Jersey cannot report. Also changes the meaning of the original sentence....

Nitin,
Following may help you: If it means "one number" number of is ok, but if the number varies, like here, all the years though one of the highest, it is not needed that the number will be same, numbers is ok...

I will go with E.

goelmohit: "New Jersey reports" i think is a valid idiomatic expression. Very common in news form like india has reported...


Vinayak

maihuna wrote:Nitin,
Following may help you: If it means "one number" number of is ok, but if the number varies, like here, all the years though one of the highest, it is not needed that the number will be same, numbers is ok...

Can you please help me understand why "numbers of" is correct in the below sentence(OG-10, Q152).

When the technique known as gene-splicing was invented in the early 1970's, it was feared that scientists might inadvertently create an "Andromeda strain," a microbe never before seen on Earth that might escape
from the laboratory and kill vast numbers of humans who would have no natural defenses against it.

vinayakdl wrote:I will go with E.

goelmohit: "New Jersey reports" i think is a valid idiomatic expression. Very common in news form like india has reported...


Vinayak

Experts kindly share your opinion between D Vs E .....which one is better and why ?

maihuna wrote:New Jersey’s is one of the five highest number of reported cases of Lyme disease in the United States.
(A) New Jersey’s is one of the five highest number of reported
(B) New Jersey’s is one of the five highest numbers in reporting
(C) New Jersey has a report of one of the five highest numbers of
(D) New Jersey has one of the five highest numbers of reported
(E) New Jersey reports one of the five highest number of

IMO D..
E cannot be correct coz "five highest numbers" is the correct statement.
Don't u think "five highest NUMBER" is incorrect? i think it is incorrect.......

Can you post the OA? Both, A and D were strong contenders for this one. I went with A though!

goelmohit2002 wrote:

maihuna wrote:Nitin,
Following may help you: If it means "one number" number of is ok, but if the number varies, like here, all the years though one of the highest, it is not needed that the number will be same, numbers is ok...

Can you please help me understand why "numbers of" is correct in the below sentence(OG-10, Q152).

When the technique known as gene-splicing was invented in the early 1970's, it was feared that scientists might inadvertently create an "Andromeda strain," a microbe never before seen on Earth that might escape
from the laboratory and kill vast numbers of humans who would have no natural defenses against it.

The number of human that will be killed is not going to be one number, for example, it will not kill 100 humans only, it may kill 100 or 1000 or 100000, and so numbers is correct,

remember the rule: when the number may vary use numbers...

Thanks. Can you please tell why the "numbers of" wrong in the below question(OG-10, Q23). Can't here the number of women vary....it can be 500, 5000 or any other number....

Please tell what I am missing here.

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A Labor Department study states that the numbers of women employed outside the home grew by more than a thirty-five percent increase in the past decade and accounted for more than sixty-two percent of the total growth in the civilian work force.

(A) numbers of women employed outside the home grew by more than a thirty-five percent increase
(B) numbers of women employed outside the home grew more than thirty-five percent
(C) numbers of women employed outside the home were raised by more than thirty-five percent
(D) number of women employed outside the home increased by more than thirty-five percent
(E) number of women employed outside the home was raised by more than a thirty-five percent increase

ketkoag wrote:

maihuna wrote:New Jersey’s is one of the five highest number of reported cases of Lyme disease in the United States.
(A) New Jersey’s is one of the five highest number of reported
(B) New Jersey’s is one of the five highest numbers in reporting
(C) New Jersey has a report of one of the five highest numbers of
(D) New Jersey has one of the five highest numbers of reported
(E) New Jersey reports one of the five highest number of

IMO D..
E cannot be correct coz "five highest numbers" is the correct statement.
Don't u think "five highest NUMBER" is incorrect? i think it is incorrect.......

Numbers of is almost always wrong on GMAT. Hence [D] is out of contention. Best suited IMO [spoiler][E][/spoiler]