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Only seven people this century have been killed by the great white shark, the man-eater of the movies—less than those killed by bee stings.
A) movies—less than those
B) movies—fewer than have been
C) movies, which is less than those
D) movies, a number lower than the people
E) movies, fewer than the ones
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30 Nov 2005, 10:43
vivek123 wrote: Only seven people this century have been killed by the great white shark, the man-eater of the movies—less than those killed by bee stings.
A) movies—less than those
B) movies—fewer than have been
C) movies, which is less than those
D) movies, a number lower than the people
E) movies, fewer than the ones
C.
..because we need a comma after movies as in c,d & e.
D compares numbers to people - wrong
Between C & E, I prefer C
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B)...we need "fewer" b/c ppl are countable. "have been" is parallel. the comparison is b/w nouns, respectively ppl.
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B maintains the tense ||ism.
Only seven people this century have been killed by the great white shark, the man-eater of the movies—fewer than have been killed by bee stings.
Moreover people is countable, so fewer should be used instead of less than.
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Use fewer for countable things
Use less for uncountable things
People are countable, A is wrong
C is wrong, which refers falsely to movies
I would go witih B for parallelism
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C.
A and B are out. Comma is required.
D compares number with people
E uses fewer. When count is explicitly told then always use less (e.g NY is less than twenty miles form here. - Even though distance is countable, still we use less)
What is OA?
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ETS always prefers fewer than over less than for countable nouns.
(B)
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E. we need comma in B.
Only seven people this century have been killed by the great white shark, the man-eater of the movies, fewer than the ones killed by bee stings.
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I will go with B. People is a countable noun so fewer should be used.
What is the OA?
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The OA is 'B'
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