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by alex.gellatly » Sun Jul 15, 2012 12:55 am
Only seven people this century have been killed by the great white shark, the man-eater of the movies-less than those killed by bee stings.

A.
B. movies-fewer than have been
C. movies, which is less than those
D. movies, a number lower than the people
E. movies, fewer than the ones
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by niketdoshi123 » Sun Jul 15, 2012 4:28 am
Fewer vs Less

Fewer : used for countable nouns (people, animals etc)
Less : used for uncountable nouns (money, snow etc)

Eliminate options A,C,and D

Option B: "have been" maintains parallelism
Hence,IMO the correct answer is B
alex.gellatly wrote:Only seven people this century have been killed by the great white shark, the man-eater of the movies-less than those killed by bee stings.

A. movies-less than those
B. movies-fewer than have been
C. movies, which is less than those
D. movies, a number lower than the people
E. movies, fewer than the ones
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