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by tar.goyal » Thu May 15, 2008 10:17 am
As a result of the continuing decline in the birth rate, less people will enter the labor force in the 1980’s than did in the 1960’s and 1970’s, a twenty year period during which people born after the war swelled the ranks of workers.
(A) less people will enter the labor force in the 1980’s than
(B) less people will be entering the labor force in the 1980’s as
(C) fewer people will enter the labor force in the 1980’s as
(D) fewer people will be entering the labor force in the 1980’s as
(E) fewer people will enter the labor force in the 1980’s than

The answer given is E. Please explain.
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by s_raizada » Thu May 15, 2008 12:14 pm
A,B - for non countable nouns we use less and for countable nouns we use fewer. Therefore these options are incorrect
C,D - to compare two things 'than' is used. As is used to compare actions or show similarities
E - correct use of than to show that something is more than the other

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