The numbers of mobile users has grown by more than

[BTGmoderatorDC]

The numbers of mobile users has grown by more than a 15 percent increase in the past year.

(A) The numbers of mobile users has grown by more than a 15 percent increase in the past year.
(B) The number of mobile users has grown by greater than 15 percent in the past year.
(C) The numbers of mobile users have grown by more than 15 percent in the past year.
(D) The number of mobile users has grown by more than 15 percent in the past year.
(E) The number of mobile users grew by greater than 15 percent in the past year.

[deloitte247]

Option A: INCORRECT
This is just a direct message with no lexical analysis whatsoever,lacking in meaningful description, it is under-specified.

Option B: INCORRECT
This option would have easily be correct if not for the use of the singular modal auxiliary verb ''has'' in a plural environment. Should at least have the plural ''have''.

Option C; INCORRECT
The numbers of mobile users ''have'' grown. have here, means there's a nexus, concord, a connection between the active participating words in the statement. The resulting ''have'' plural form, must however be in supporting condition and not as a subject here.

Option D: INCORRECT
This statement is grammatically incorrect. It is lacking in agreement with the other active subject elements in the body of the writer's opinion.

Option E; CORRECT
This is an apt sentence with not-too-lengthy words, not-too-ambiguous ones and easily comprehensible. The ''number'' here is an intangible noun which shouldn't be combined with another intangible noun ''users'' which would render the statement over-specified.