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29 Jul 2012, 03:26

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yeah its more of a redundancy thing
I was confused between greater and more.
But greater homeowners is weird
the 50% made things a little bit confusing though

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29 Jul 2012, 04:09

Brotip- greater than is generally used to compare a number (implied number) with another. X is greater than y. Quant gives you some verbal answers too ;-)

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30 Jul 2012, 02:56

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It has been estimated that the annual cost of water and utilities to greater than 50 percent of the homeowners in Santa Rosa is at least 148 dollars per capita per year.

A. the annual cost of water and utilities to greater than 50
percent of the homeowners in Santa Rosa is at least 148
dollars per capita per year
B. the annual cost of water and utilities for more than 50
percent of the Santa Rosa homeowners is at least 148 dollars
per capita per year
C. the annual cost of water and utilities to more than 50
percent of the homeowners in Santa Rosa is at least 148
dollars per capita
D. the cost of water and utilities for greater than 50 percent
of the homeowners in Santa Rosa is at least 148 dollars per
capita per year
E. at least 148 dollars per capita per year is the cost annually
of water and utilities for more than 50 percent of Santa Rosa
homeowners

A: "greater" wrong usage; "annual" & "per year" -> redundant
B: Redundancy
C: Is the choice - CORRECT
D: "greater" doesn't fit in
E: Awkward structure

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30 Jul 2015, 06:30

souvik101990 wrote:

It has been estimated that the annual cost of water and utilities to greater than 50 percent of the homeowners in Santa Rosa is at least 148 dollars per capita per year.

A. the annual cost of water and utilities to greater than 50
percent of the homeowners in Santa Rosa is at least 148
dollars per capita per year
B. the annual cost of water and utilities for more than 50
percent of the Santa Rosa homeowners is at least 148 dollars
per capita per year
C. the annual cost of water and utilities to more than 50
percent of the homeowners in Santa Rosa is at least 148
dollars per capita
D. the cost of water and utilities for greater than 50 percent
of the homeowners in Santa Rosa is at least 148 dollars per
capita per year
E. at least 148 dollars per capita per year is the cost annually
of water and utilities for more than 50 percent of Santa Rosa
homeowners

Cost.. To more than.. Is this construction right? Can someone please elaborate on this?

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24 Jan 2016, 17:05

daagh

Can someone please explain by greater than is wrong and more than is correct?

As per my understanding, Greater/Fewer than is used for all countable things and More/Less than is used for non-countable things. Here home owners are clearly countable. Please help me understand this.

souvik101990 wrote:

It has been estimated that the annual cost of water and utilities to greater than 50 percent of the homeowners in Santa Rosa is at least 148 dollars per capita per year.

A. the annual cost of water and utilities to greater than 50
percent of the homeowners in Santa Rosa is at least 148
dollars per capita per year
B. the annual cost of water and utilities for more than 50
percent of the Santa Rosa homeowners is at least 148 dollars
per capita per year
C. the annual cost of water and utilities to more than 50
percent of the homeowners in Santa Rosa is at least 148
dollars per capita
D. the cost of water and utilities for greater than 50 percent
of the homeowners in Santa Rosa is at least 148 dollars per
capita per year
E. at least 148 dollars per capita per year is the cost annually
of water and utilities for more than 50 percent of Santa Rosa
homeowners

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Neeraj wrote
As per my understanding, Greater/Fewer than is used for all countable things and More/Less than is used for non-countable things. Here homeowners are clearly countable. Please help me understand this.

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Stacey wrote
1. https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/foru ... t4000.html

"greater than" is used for uncountable nouns. "More than" is typically used for countable nouns (though you can also say something like "She likes Sam more than Amy" - but that construction does not show up much on the test).

So: "The population density of calico cats in San Francisco is greater than three per square mile" (here, the word we're describing is "density," which is not a countable noun - you wouldn't say "1 density, 2 densities, 3 densities...")

vs: "I have more calico cats living in my home than you do." (here, we're describing "cats," which is a countable noun because you would say "1 cat, 2 cats, 3 cats...")
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Let’s try and see whether more than or greater than makes better sense.

the annual cost of water and utilities to more than 50 percent of the homeowners in Santa Rosa is at least 148 dollars per capita
the annual cost of water and utilities to greater than 50 percent of the homeowners in Santa Rosa is at least 148 dollars per capita
Clearly more than is better because homeowners is countable. Greater than 50% of homeowners is very weird.

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10 Aug 2017, 15:43

I got to C just because the other options maintain the same redundancy...annual/per year.

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souvik101990 wrote:

It has been estimated that the annual cost of water and utilities to greater than 50 percent of the homeowners in Santa Rosa is at least 148 dollars per capita per year.

A. the annual cost of water and utilities to greater than 50
percent of the homeowners in Santa Rosa is at least 148
dollars per capita per year
B. the annual cost of water and utilities for more than 50
percent of the Santa Rosa homeowners is at least 148 dollars
per capita per year
C. the annual cost of water and utilities to more than 50
percent of the homeowners in Santa Rosa is at least 148
dollars per capita
D. the cost of water and utilities for greater than 50 percent
of the homeowners in Santa Rosa is at least 148 dollars per
capita per year
E. at least 148 dollars per capita per year is the cost annually
of water and utilities for more than 50 percent of Santa Rosa
homeowners

Are these two grammatically correct: 'cost for homeowners' and 'cost to homeowners' ?

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daagh wrote:

Quote:

Neeraj wrote
As per my understanding, Greater/Fewer than is used for all countable things and More/Less than is used for non-countable things. Here homeowners are clearly countable. Please help me understand this.

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Stacey wrote
1. https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/foru ... t4000.html

"greater than" is used for uncountable nouns. "More than" is typically used for countable nouns (though you can also say something like "She likes Sam more than Amy" - but that construction does not show up much on the test).

So: "The population density of calico cats in San Francisco is greater than three per square mile" (here, the word we're describing is "density," which is not a countable noun - you wouldn't say "1 density, 2 densities, 3 densities...")

vs: "I have more calico cats living in my home than you do." (here, we're describing "cats," which is a countable noun because you would say "1 cat, 2 cats, 3 cats...")
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Let’s try and see whether more than or greater than makes better sense.

the annual cost of water and utilities to more than 50 percent of the homeowners in Santa Rosa is at least 148 dollars per capita
the annual cost of water and utilities to greater than 50 percent of the homeowners in Santa Rosa is at least 148 dollars per capita
Clearly more than is better because homeowners is countable. Greater than 50% of homeowners is very weird.

daagh, souvik101990, Please help me on this question.

Generally, to compare statistical data, we use greater rather than more:
a GREATER number of people
a GREATER percentage of citizens
a GREATER probability of success
* if we are dealing with a word that literally describes a numerical quantity (number, rate, height, percentage,distance,length, volume, population, etc.), then we use “greater”.

Below is an official question-
A long-term study of some 1,000 physicians indicates that the more coffee these doctors drank, the greater was their likelihood of having coronary disease.

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04 Jul 2018, 01:20

rishabchoraria wrote:

souvik101990 wrote:

It has been estimated that the annual cost of water and utilities to greater than 50 percent of the homeowners in Santa Rosa is at least 148 dollars per capita per year.

A. the annual cost of water and utilities to greater than 50
percent of the homeowners in Santa Rosa is at least 148
dollars per capita per year
B. the annual cost of water and utilities for more than 50
percent of the Santa Rosa homeowners is at least 148 dollars
per capita per year
C. the annual cost of water and utilities to more than 50
percent of the homeowners in Santa Rosa is at least 148
dollars per capita
D. the cost of water and utilities for greater than 50 percent
of the homeowners in Santa Rosa is at least 148 dollars per
capita per year
E. at least 148 dollars per capita per year is the cost annually
of water and utilities for more than 50 percent of Santa Rosa
homeowners

Cost.. To more than.. Is this construction right? Can someone please elaborate on this?

the annual cost of water and utilities to more than 50 percent of the homeowners in Santa Rosa is at least 148 dollars per capita

I thought cost of ... for .. <noun> would be better.

I ruled out C for this construction itself. Can someone elaborate on this?

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05 Jul 2018, 11:28

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It has to be (c). All of the options except (c) has "annual" and "per year" and these mean same.

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17 Jul 2019, 18:05

souvik101990 wrote:

It has been estimated that the annual cost of water and utilities to greater than 50 percent of the homeowners in Santa Rosa is at least 148 dollars per capita per year.

A. the annual cost of water and utilities to greater than 50 percent of the homeowners in Santa Rosa is at least 148 dollars per capita per year
B. the annual cost of water and utilities for more than 50 percent of the Santa Rosa homeowners is at least 148 dollars per capita per year
C. the annual cost of water and utilities to more than 50 percent of the homeowners in Santa Rosa is at least 148 dollars per capita
D. the cost of water and utilities for greater than 50 percent of the homeowners in Santa Rosa is at least 148 dollars per capita per year
E. at least 148 dollars per capita per year is the cost annually of water and utilities for more than 50 percent of Santa Rosa homeowners

If we keep the redundancy problem in B aside, what is correct cost of...for or cost of...to.

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16 Dec 2022, 04:03

Why is C correct and D incorrect?

C has redudancy "annual + cost per year"
C uses "cost to" -correct idiom
D uses "cost for" - wrong idiom

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It has been estimated that the annual cost of water and