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When drive-ins were at the height

by netigen » Thu Jun 05, 2008 12:00 am
When drive-ins were at the height of their popularity in the late 1950’s, some 4,000 existed in the United States, but today there are less than one-quarter that many.

A. there are less than one-quarter that many
B. there are fewer than one-quarter as many
C. there are fewer than one-quarter of that amount
D. the number is less than one-quarter the amount
E. it is less than one-quarter of that amount
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Re: When drive-ins were at the height

by vittalgmat » Thu Jun 05, 2008 12:11 am
netigen wrote:When drive-ins were at the height of their popularity in the late 1950’s, some 4,000 existed in the United States, but today there are less than one-quarter that many.

A. there are less than one-quarter that many
B. there are fewer than one-quarter as many
C. there are fewer than one-quarter of that amount
D. the number is less than one-quarter the amount
E. it is less than one-quarter of that amount
Is it B?
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by barron » Thu Jun 05, 2008 12:34 am
my answer is C
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by rey.fernandez » Thu Jun 05, 2008 9:35 am
Drive-ins are countable, so they take countable modifiers. Eliminate A, D, and E because they use "less" instead of "fewer."

Between B and C, "amount" is used for uncountable nouns (compare "amount of sand" to "number of books"), so that eliminates C.

I'd go with B. It correctly uses "fewer" and "many" to refer to a countable noun, "drive-ins."
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by netigen » Thu Jun 05, 2008 11:03 am
Thanks Rey. My reasoning and answer was the same.

OA differs though but I think thats a mistake.
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by s_raizada » Fri Jun 06, 2008 7:16 am
I will go with C

B - incorrect because it uses of 'as many'. as is used as a preposition or a conjuction. Here it is neither becuase many is an adjective not a noun.

C - amount usage is correct becasue it is referring to 4000 and not 4000 drive ins
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by netigen » Fri Jun 06, 2008 9:18 am
The rule for noun is only applicable in case of a preposition and not a conjunction.
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by s_raizada » Fri Jun 06, 2008 11:12 am
I think I might have confused you

as is either used as a prposition or conjuction

Preposition - as a doctor
conjuction - as I moved out of my house

On gmat following usage of as are never correct

as many - because many is adjective not a noun
as listening to music - becasue 'listening to music' is a phrase
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by leafage » Sat Aug 02, 2008 9:42 pm
s_raizada wrote:I will go with C

B - incorrect because it uses of 'as many'. as is used as a preposition or a conjuction. Here it is neither becuase many is an adjective not a noun.

C - amount usage is correct becasue it is referring to 4000 and not 4000 drive ins
I agree with s_raizada.

B - "as many" should go with the phrase "as...as...". It looks awkward to use "as many" here.

My answer is C
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by gmattester » Mon Aug 04, 2008 5:59 am
Can someone explain me what's wrong with 'D'.
Also what is OA
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by gmat740 » Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:00 pm
Hello,
I am opening this thread again.

I need your Opinions.
Drive-ins => countable nouns
A. there are less than one-quarter that many less refers to Un-countable noun. Incorrect
B. there are fewer than one-quarter as many Unidiomatic => As many as
C. there are fewer than one-quarter of that amount
D. the number is less than one-quarter the amount
E. it is less than one-quarter of that amount
D&E both use less
With this reasoning, I find C to be correct. However the answer is B.

Although, one can say in C AMOUNT is used(amount is used for un-countable nouns)
I agree. C is not the perfect answer, but I believe the best among the choices.

Need your views friends.
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by Shawshank » Thu Jul 30, 2009 2:04 am
hi,

I used the process of Elimination.
"Amout" cannot be used for "drive-ins".

Out of the remaining 2 options ie "A" and "B"...
"less" cannot be used for countable items.

Hence my anser is "B"

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by gmat740 » Thu Jul 30, 2009 2:19 am
s_raizada wrote:I think I might have confused you

as is either used as a prposition or conjuction

Preposition - as a doctor
conjuction - as I moved out of my house

On gmat following usage of as are never correct

as many - because many is adjective not a noun
as listening to music - becasue 'listening to music' is a phrase[/quote]

Please take a note why AS MANY is wrong in B
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by phait » Sun Aug 09, 2009 12:50 pm
guys this a gmatprep question n the CORRECT OA is B.

surprising that some sources give answer as A,C!

less can be used for countable as well as uncountable nouns..The problem lies with 'that many' in A.Its awkward.

'amount' in C is wrong..

B looks fine to me but unsure whether 'as many' without another 'as' is an acceptable idiom but since gmatprep says its right..then must be right :)
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by mmslf75 » Tue Dec 15, 2009 10:01 am
phait wrote:guys this a gmatprep question n the CORRECT OA is B.

surprising that some sources give answer as A,C!

less can be used for countable as well as uncountable nouns..The problem lies with 'that many' in A.Its awkward.

'amount' in C is wrong..

B looks fine to me but unsure whether 'as many' without another 'as' is an acceptable idiom but since gmatprep says its right..then must be right :)
I have read a post by Ron/Stacey on MGMAT forum.
It says that In general, one must not bother about the 2nd half of the sentence if you already have mentioned data elsewhere....
Chk it out ...

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https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/whe ... t6550.html
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