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by badpit » Tue May 12, 2009 3:38 am
According to the Roper Global Diabetes Group, in 2007 the number of Americans living with diabetes was 16.6 million, a rise of 7 percent over the previous year and twice as much as 1997.

(A) twice as much as 1997
(B) twice as many as 1997
(C) a number double that of 1997's
(D) double what it was in 1997
(E) double the figure for 1997

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I have several questions here. Does "twice as much as 1997" define "number", can we use much for "number", and if not, why many is still illegal?
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by hk » Tue May 12, 2009 8:12 am
Yes "many" should be used to refer to countable objects like "number of americans" but here Option B which uses many is wrong because it changes the meaning. It means "twice as many as 1997" - meaning 2x1997 americans is a 7% increase over 16million which make no sense.

E correctly states that the 16.6 million is a 7 percent increase over the previous year's figure (which should have been X where X = 16.6million x 100/107 ) :D
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