A Labor Department study states that the numbers of women

bmwhype2 · **Posted:** Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:04 pm


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9. A Labor Department study states that the numbers of women employed outside the home grew by more than a thirty-five percent increase in the past decade and accounted for more than sixty-two percent of the total growth in the civilian work force.
(A) numbers of women employed outside the home grew by more than a thirty-five percent increase
(B) numbers of women employed outside the home grew more than thirty-five percent
(C) numbers of women employed outside the home were raised by more than thirty-five percent
(D) number of women employed outside the home increased by more than thirty-five percent
(E) number of women employed outside the home was raised by more than a thirty-five percent increase

easy one.. :-D

plaguerabbit · **Posted:** Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:07 pm

D

AshwinMohan · **Posted:** Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:09 pm

D duh!!!!

vay · **Posted:** Sun Jul 01, 2007 3:58 am

straight D

nravi4 · **Posted:** Sun Aug 22, 2010 5:22 am

+1 for D.

"The numbers of" is always wrong in GMAT. Option"E" is having redundancy. The meaning of "Raise" & "Increase" are same.

If someone interested ...
The number of = Singular
A number of = Plural

Cheers!
Ravi

gauravnagpal · **Posted:** Mon Aug 23, 2010 3:34 am

ya easy D ...numbers of always incorrect ...
in .A and E ...increase and raised redundant ...hence D wish we could pinpoint all this on the G day

vraptor · **Posted:** Sat Jan 01, 2011 7:19 am

(D)

(A) numbers of women employed outside the home grew by more than a thirty-five percent increase
(B) numbers of women employed outside the home grew more than thirty-five percent
(C) numbers of women employed outside the home were raised by more than thirty-five percent
(D) number of women employed outside the home increased by more than thirty-five percent --> CORRECT
(E) number of women employed outside the home was raised by more than a thirty-five percent increase

egmat · **Posted:** Sat Mar 31, 2012 4:15 pm

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