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14 percent more or 14 percent higher

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by xcusemeplz2009 » Mon Sep 07, 2009 1:44 am
11. Sales of United States manufactured goods to nonindustrialized countries rose to $167 billion in 1992,which is 14 percent more than the previous year and largely offsets weak demand from Europe and Japan.

A) which is 14 percent more than the previous year
B) which is 14 percent higher than it was the previous year
C) 14 percent higher than the previous year's
figure
D) an amount that is 14 percent more than the previous year was
(E) an amount that is 14 percent higher than the pre-
vious year's figure

[spoiler]which one is more appropriate 14% higher or 14 % more and y[/spoiler]
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by capnx » Mon Sep 07, 2009 5:23 am
in this case, higher/more is only a red herring designed to make you focus away from other sentence mistakes.
Stuart has a very good explanation here:
https://www.beatthegmat.com/sc-help-reqd-t7869.html
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