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Only seven people this century have been killed by the great [#permalink]
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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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But A and B both use Hyphens which I dont think is appropriate. I would go with C.
Vivek, What is the OA?
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B
We need "fewer" because people are countable.
"have been" is ||
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Assuming this is an old school SC (20th century) then (C) incorrectly uses the simple past tense.
(B) is best because it maintains present perfect tense parallelism.
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This is a scary one!
B for escaping Shark (B)ITES.
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It must be ^ E ^
IMO we need "ones" for a correct ||lism.
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selene wrote: It must be ^ E ^
IMO we need "ones" for a correct ||lism.
Selene, re-think 
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Is it B??
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..
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Re: SC: Shark Again [#permalink]
19 Jun 2006, 12:07
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
D is out - comparing number to people
We should use fewer as people are countable (as opposed to measurable).
So I can only see B for using have been ||
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To B or not to B. That is the question.
To B!
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vivek123 wrote: selene wrote: It must be ^ E ^
IMO we need "ones" for a correct ||lism. Selene, re-think Vivek, dont we compare the number of people at different times here ?
We need "few" as people is a countable noun. A and C are out.
D is out because of wrong comparison. "a number lower than the people "
B is out as we need a subject for the right comparison:
"fewer than have been" ---> fewer than what ?? It should be fewer than the people (or fewer than the ones) who have been
that's what I think 
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as i see it, 'than the ones' implies comparison with the individual kills...
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Going with E.
We have a quantifiable quantity... use of more/less is not recommended.
Greater/Fewer is ok.
D can work but is wordy.
Answer: E
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