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Hoping the customers would not carelessly throw too many of them away, Bob's Java Hut recently began supplying metal tableware instead of plastic.A)Hoping the customers would not carelessly throw too many of them away, Bob's Java Hut recently began supplying metal tableware instead of plastic B)Hoping the customers would not carelessly throw too many of it away, Bob's Java Hut recently began supplying metal tableware instead of plastic C)Hoping the customers would not carelessly throw too much of them away, Bob's Java Hut recently began supplying metal tableware instead of plastic D)Hoping the customers would not carelessly throw too much of it away, Bob's Java Hut recently began supplying metal tableware instead of plastic E)Hoping the customers would not carelessly throw too much of it away, metal tableware has begun to be supplied recently instead of plastic at Bob's Java Hut
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19 Jun 2011, 09:34
guygmat wrote: Hoping the customers would not carelessly throw too many of them away, Bob's Java Hut recently began supplying metal tableware instead of plastic.
A)Hoping the customers would not carelessly throw too many of them away, Bob's Java Hut recently began supplying metal tableware instead of plastic
B)Hoping the customers would not carelessly throw too many of it away, Bob's Java Hut recently began supplying metal tableware instead of plastic
C)Hoping the customers would not carelessly throw too much of them away, Bob's Java Hut recently began supplying metal tableware instead of plastic
D)Hoping the customers would not carelessly throw too much of it away, Bob's Java Hut recently began supplying metal tableware instead of plastic
E)Hoping the customers would not carelessly throw too much of it away, metal tableware has begun to be supplied recently instead of plastic at Bob's Java Hut Whats the source .. somehow I dint like the quality . D is better than the rest. tableware is singluar ... so it..'them' is wrong plastic - much ( non countable) vs many( countable)
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+1 D Tableware is uncountable.
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What is the difference between B & D?
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Hoping the customers would not carelessly throw too many of them away, Bob's Java Hut recently began supplying metal tableware instead of plastic.
A)Hoping the customers would not carelessly throw too many of them away, Bob's Java Hut recently began supplying metal tableware instead of plastic THEM TO DESCRIBE THE SINGULAR TABLEWARE IS WRONG
B)Hoping the customers would not carelessly throw too many of it away, Bob's Java Hut recently began supplying metal tableware instead of plastic IS TABLEWARE COUNTABLE OR NOT? IT SEEMS COUNTABLE.
C)Hoping the customers would not carelessly throw too much of them away, Bob's Java Hut recently began supplying metal tableware instead of plastic THEM TO DESCRIBE THE SINGULAR TABLEWARE IS WRONG
D)Hoping the customers would not carelessly throw too much of it away, Bob's Java Hut recently began supplying metal tableware instead of plastic IS TABLEWARE COUNTABLE OR NOT?
E)Hoping the customers would not carelessly throw too much of it away, metal tableware has begun to be supplied recently instead of plastic at Bob's Java Hut WRONG MODIFIER (HOPING/ METAL TABLEWARE)
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17 Aug 2011, 09:47
i am surprised that Q are gettig that grammatical (what's the source?), because TABLEWARE according to Vikitionary can be countable and can be UC. After searching a bit i found that DOC, which defines tableware as UC so theanswer must be D (MUCH AND NOT MANY). SEARCH PAGE 5 SIGN 910 TO FIND THAT TABLE WARE IS UC NOUN.
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Re: Another Good SC [#permalink]
17 Aug 2011, 10:28
msbinu wrote: What is the difference between B & D? B uses "many" in the sentence, which is wrong because plastic is not countable. (should use much)
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Re: Another Good SC [#permalink]
17 Aug 2011, 11:33
please,
IMO it' not plastic, but plastic tableware.
there is not a precise answer, thoghfrom the source i have attached it seems that all collective noun in regards to the same class, except "dinner set" will be considered UC.
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Re: Another Good SC [#permalink]
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guygmat wrote: Hoping the customers would not carelessly throw too many of them away, Bob's Java Hut recently began supplying metal tableware instead of plastic.
A)Hoping the customers would not carelessly throw too many of them away, Bob's Java Hut recently began supplying metal tableware instead of plastic
B)Hoping the customers would not carelessly throw too many of it away, Bob's Java Hut recently began supplying metal tableware instead of plastic
C)Hoping the customers would not carelessly throw too much of them away, Bob's Java Hut recently began supplying metal tableware instead of plastic
D)Hoping the customers would not carelessly throw too much of it away, Bob's Java Hut recently began supplying metal tableware instead of plastic
E)Hoping the customers would not carelessly throw too much of it away, metal tableware has begun to be supplied recently instead of plastic at Bob's Java Hut I disagree with OA here. Use of "much" in option D is wrong as tableware is countable. Between A and B I would prefer A because if table ware is singular, you can not throw "many" of them away.
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Re: Another Good SC [#permalink]
13 Oct 2011, 04:31
Uncountable nouns go with "much" instead of "many". So the use of much in D is right.
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liftoff wrote: Uncountable nouns go with "much" instead of "many". So the use of much in D is right. I think is is very controversial question  Can someone comment on whether tableware is countable or uncountable. In my opinion it is countable.
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Re: Hoping the customers would not carelessly throw too many of [#permalink]
26 Oct 2011, 01:44
+1 for D. Very un-like GMAT question.
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Re: Hoping the customers would not carelessly throw too many of [#permalink]
27 Dec 2012, 10:13
Could someone please explain how the sentence should be read? I don't know what is the subject of "Hoping"
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