According to the international investment memorandum recently signed in Geneva, France is one of the 4 European nations planning to provide fewer tax incentives for foreign investment in production of heavy industrial machinery.
A) planning to provide fewer
B) planning to provide less
C) planning on providing fewer
D) which is planning on providing fewer
E) that is planning to provide less
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incentives should be uncountable. IMO E
ILULA08 wrote:According to the international investment memorandum recently signed in Geneva, France is one of the 4 European nations planning to provide fewer tax incentives for foreign investment in production of heavy industrial machinery.
A) planning to provide fewer
B) planning to provide less
C) planning on providing fewer
D) which is planning on providing fewer
E) that is planning to provide less
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Tax incentives can't be numerical or countable. We can say, only Maximum or Minimum. So, FEWER is wrong.ILULA08 wrote:According to the international investment memorandum recently signed in Geneva, France is one of the 4 European nations planning to provide fewer tax incentives for foreign investment in production of heavy industrial machinery.
A) planning to provide fewer
B) planning to provide less
C) planning on providing fewer
D) which is planning on providing fewer
E) that is planning to provide less
A, C and D are out.
E - Wordy
B is concise and correct.
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E is incorrect because - one of the Xs that <plural>
"is" incorrect in E.
IMO - A
I think we can use fewer with tax incentives as they are countable.
"is" incorrect in E.
IMO - A
I think we can use fewer with tax incentives as they are countable.
madhur_ahuja wrote:incentives should be uncountable. IMO E
ILULA08 wrote:According to the international investment memorandum recently signed in Geneva, France is one of the 4 European nations planning to provide fewer tax incentives for foreign investment in production of heavy industrial machinery.
A) planning to provide fewer
B) planning to provide less
C) planning on providing fewer
D) which is planning on providing fewer
E) that is planning to provide less
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