The Watsons, a prominent Staten Island family, has survived a close brush with financial ruin; its assets are now almost three times greater than what they were before their problems commenced.
A. financial ruin; its assets are now almost three times greater than
B. financial ruin; its assets are now almost three times more than
C. financial ruin; their assets are now almost threefold
D. financial ruin; now with threefold the assets
E. financial ruin; now with assets three times greater than
What is the difference between "more than" and "greater than" in terms of usage?
"More than" Vs "Greater Than"
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The "more than" is used when the object is compared having its superiority regarding the related quantity, while "grater than", its quality. So the former one is applicable to countable noun and follows its agreement and the latter must not accompany the plural form. Therefore correct answer should be "B"
1) ; --> means ", and" D, E out
2) C --> agreement fallacy
3) "assets are" --> the clue for plural --> A out
Right answer : B
1) ; --> means ", and" D, E out
2) C --> agreement fallacy
3) "assets are" --> the clue for plural --> A out
Right answer : B
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Is that the clear definitive view of more than vs. greater than? Is there any other tricks out there with more than and greater than that they test. I am native english speaker and I picked B but I didnt have a "real"reason
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Actually, if you look at the rest of the sentence, it says:arunjithp wrote:the watsons family... we cant say its.. it should be theirs.. so my vote goes for c
"The Watsons, a prominent Staten Island family, has survived a close brush with..."
The original sentence treats "The Watsons" as a singular unit, so the answer has to be A or B.
What's the OA?
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It has to be A.
Similar Qs & ussage of more/greater than explained here by the expert :
https://www.beatthegmat.com/og-10-qs-251-t10581.html
We are continuing a 4 years old thread btw !
Similar Qs & ussage of more/greater than explained here by the expert :
https://www.beatthegmat.com/og-10-qs-251-t10581.html
We are continuing a 4 years old thread btw !