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OG12# 122 A wildlife expert predicts that the reintroduction [#permalink] New post 14 Sep 2012, 22:52
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A wildlife expert predicts that the reintroduction of the caribou into northern Minnesota would fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is more numerous than one wolf for every 39 square miles.

(A) would fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is more numerous than
(B) would fail provided the density of the timber wolf population in that region is more than
(C) should fail if the timber wolf density in that region was greater than
(D) will fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is greater than
(E) will fail if the timber wolf density in that region were more numerous than

Guys I need a explanation of OG's Explanation MORE NUMEROUS THAN can't go with Uncountable Density. Greater than is required.
Is "more numerous" different from "more than".
Because "more than " I think can go with both countable and uncountable.
I need more biscuits than my brother.
Plant X needs more care than plant Y.
As per the new report muslim population is greater/more numerous than catholic population. (which one is correct )
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Re: A wildlife expert predicts that the reintroduction of [#permalink] New post 14 Sep 2012, 23:39
Hi sujit2k7,

To answer your question, yes, "more numerous" is different from "more than". While “more than”, as you yourself mentioned, can go with both countable and uncountable nouns, “more numerous” (meaning more in number) can’t possibly go with uncountable nouns. To take one of your examples, can you say “Plant X needs more numerous care than plant Y?” This does not make sense.

In any case, I think “more numerous” has a bit of wordiness and redundancy, and is better avoided even for countable nouns. “More” is enough to indicate greater in number.

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Re: A wildlife expert predicts that the reintroduction of [#permalink] New post 15 Sep 2012, 00:44
rakesh.id wrote:
Hi sujit2k7,

To answer your question, yes, "more numerous" is different from "more than". While “more than”, as you yourself mentioned, can go with both countable and uncountable nouns, “more numerous” (meaning more in number) can’t possibly go with uncountable nouns. To take one of your examples, can you say “Plant X needs more numerous care than plant Y?” This does not make sense.

In any case, I think “more numerous” has a bit of wordiness and redundancy, and is better avoided even for countable nouns. “More” is enough to indicate greater in number.

Cheers,
Rakesh


To answer your question, yes, "more numerous" is different from "more than". While “more than”, as you yourself mentioned, can go with both countable and uncountable nouns, “more numerous” (meaning more in number) can’t possibly go with uncountable nouns. To take one of your examples, can you say "Plant X needs more numerous care than plant Y?” This does not make sense.

Can you give few more examples for more numerous v/s more than?
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Re: A wildlife expert predicts that the reintroduction of [#permalink] New post 15 Sep 2012, 01:14
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A wildlife expert predicts that the reintroduction of the caribou into northern Minnesota would fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is more numerous than one wolf for every 39 square miles.

(A) would fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is more numerous than
(B) would fail provided the density of the timber wolf population in that region is more than
(C) should fail if the timber wolf density in that region was greater than
(D) will fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is greater than
(E) will fail if the timber wolf density in that region were more numerous than

Guys I need a explanation of OG's Explanation MORE NUMEROUS THAN can't go with Uncountable Density. Greater than is required.
Is "more numerous" different from "more than".
Because "more than " I think can go with both countable and uncountable.
I need more biscuits than my brother.
Plant X needs more care than plant Y.
As per the new report muslim population is greater/more numerous than catholic population. (which one is correct )


the Construction of sentence in if then relaionship is: Present tense with future tense
Past Tense with Future tense.
So, option 'D' is clearly satisfying this condition.
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Re: OG12# 122 A wildlife expert predicts that the reintroduction [#permalink] New post 12 Feb 2013, 06:04
whenever we see "if" we have to check weather the form of "will" or "no will" is correct.

there are 4 kinds

if do, then do: this is a fact not hypothetic

if do, then will do
if did, then would do
if had done, then would/could have done

there 3 kind is about hypotheticl not fact. we do not need to know the difference among 3 kinds because gmat can not test us on this point. just to know that last 3 kinds are about hypothetic action and the first one is a fact.

only knowing this point can allow us to go to oa.

second point
we never use physical description for some thing which can be measured by unit. density is 3 persons/m2, which can be measured and can not be described with "numerous" which is physical description. "greater" is used with number and so is correct.
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