Sentence Correction

lunarpower wrote:

camitava wrote:Ron, in my attempt I got confused with the option A and B. Ron, in B, its refers to GYRFALCON itself. I failed to understand the difference between GREATER THAN and MORE THAN. In ur last explanation, I also failed to understand why u rejected option B. Is it something like -
A is more than half of B. -> A > B/2. So using MORE, is it implied that there will be required some more comparison criteria? Are u getting me? Because if we go with the example I provided above and the OG question, then we can say that the question lacks the comparison criteria like the bold-lettered phrase of my example. Is it so? Can u pls explain in detail? Again I am saying that I failed to distinguish the difference between the phrases - GREATER THAN and MORE THAN.
Help me, man!

here's a simplified rule that will work:
in formal written english, if you are talking about an increase in a single statistic, you use GREATER. if you are counting things, and NOT referring to 'the number' or 'the population' or any other single statistic, you use MORE - always as an adjective or adverb:
the population of filipinos is greater than it was 10 years ago
there are more filipinos than there were 10 years ago

lunarpower wrote:

camitava wrote:Ron, in my attempt I got confused with the option A and B. Ron, in B, its refers to GYRFALCON itself. I failed to understand the difference between GREATER THAN and MORE THAN. In ur last explanation, I also failed to understand why u rejected option B. Is it something like -
A is more than half of B. -> A > B/2. So using MORE, is it implied that there will be required some more comparison criteria? Are u getting me? Because if we go with the example I provided above and the OG question, then we can say that the question lacks the comparison criteria like the bold-lettered phrase of my example. Is it so? Can u pls explain in detail? Again I am saying that I failed to distinguish the difference between the phrases - GREATER THAN and MORE THAN.
Help me, man!

here's a simplified rule that will work:
in formal written english, if you are talking about an increase in a single statistic, you use GREATER. if you are counting things, and NOT referring to 'the number' or 'the population' or any other single statistic, you use MORE - always as an adjective or adverb:
the population of filipinos is greater than it was 10 years ago
there are more filipinos than there were 10 years ago

goelmohit2002 wrote: As per above mentioned by Ron, Greater is used for increase in single statistic...

But Manhattan book says that

" Increase express the change of one thing over time. Greater signal a comparison between two things"

example given by Manhattan is:

"The price of silver increased by ten dollars"
"The price of silver is greater than the price of copper"

I am really confused....can some one please tell the rules that govern

"More Than" Vs "Greater than"

lunarpower wrote:

kiranlegend wrote:hmm.. i read in kaplan book that greater than is appropriate when desfcribng numbers alone but more than should be used when describing the numbers of objects or when making comparions ( greater than one hundred and more than one hundred fish).. in that sense.. here the answer should be B right??

am i missing something, please explain?

when the debate gets to a point like this, there's only one way to resolve the issue. fortunately, it's very simple. here it is:

if source X (which is not the official guide) disagrees with the official line on the issue, then the official problem wins.

here, kaplan is explicitly at odds with gmatprep. you are playing on gmatprep's playground, so gmatprep makes the rules.
act accordingly.