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The administration has increased the number of fines for [#permalink] New post   28 Sep 2011, 13:49
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The administration has increased the number of fines for mining safety violations as part of their campaign to protect miners.

has increased the number of fines for mining safety violations as part of their

have increased the number of fines for mining safety violations as part of their

has increased the number of fines for mining safety violations as part of its

has increased the amount of fines for mining safety violations as part of its

have increased the amount of fines for mining safety violations as part of their



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Re: The administration has increased the number of fines for [#permalink] New post   28 Sep 2011, 15:23
Why is D incorrect?

I'm confused between "amount of fines" and "number of fines"

Does the sentence indicate, number of restrictions? or cost of fines?
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Re: The administration has increased the number of fines for [#permalink] New post   28 Sep 2011, 16:23
I think it's because "amount of" should be used with uncountable nouns.
In addition, I found this statement on the https://www.thefreedictionary.com
"Usage: The use of a plural noun after amount of (an amount of bananas; the amount of refugees) should be avoided: a quantity of bananas; the number of refugees"
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Re: The administration has increased the number of fines for [#permalink] New post   28 Sep 2011, 18:48
D seems logically correct to me.

Not sure why the answer is C.
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Re: The administration has increased the number of fines for [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 28 Sep 2011, 19:33
B, E out. SV agreement. Administration -----> Has

A, out --> "their" incorrectly refers to singular administration.

Between C & D, D is logical. :-D

Originally posted by GMATPASSION on 28 Sep 2011, 19:23.
Last edited by GMATPASSION on 28 Sep 2011, 19:33, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: The administration has increased the number of fines for [#permalink] New post   28 Sep 2011, 19:33
cvsmech wrote:
D seems logically correct to me.

Not sure why the answer is C.


I completely Agree with you. Infact D seems to be the only logical answer to me now. HOW...... Read Below:

How can administration protect the miners? By increasing number of fines or increasing the amount of fines.

How can they increase the no. of fines.No of fines depend on how many times safety violation is done by miners. Administration can only increase the amount of fine.

That sounds perfectly logical to me. Am i missing something.
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Re: The administration has increased the number of fines for [#permalink] New post   28 Sep 2011, 19:34
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cvsmech wrote:
The administration has increased the number of fines for mining safety violations as part of their campaign to protect miners.

has increased the number of fines for mining safety violations as part of their

have increased the number of fines for mining safety violations as part of their

has increased the number of fines for mining safety violations as part of its

has increased the amount of fines for mining safety violations as part of its

have increased the amount of fines for mining safety violations as part of their


It's a simple problem that tests two concepts -
1. collective nouns are singular (so use 'has' and 'its')
2. use 'number of' instead of 'amount of' when the items are countable.

Answer should be C
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Re: The administration has increased the number of fines for [#permalink] New post   28 Sep 2011, 19:36
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cvsmech wrote:
D seems logically correct to me.

Not sure why the answer is C.


I completely Agree with you. Infact D seems to be the only logical answer to me now. HOW...... Read Below:

How can administration protect the miners? By increasing number of fines or increasing the amount of fines.

How can they increase the no. of fines.No of fines depend on how many times safety violation is done by miners. Administration can only increase the amount of fine.

That sounds perfectly logical to me. Am i missing something.


'Number of fines' means if there were 3 different fines earlier (say fine1, fine2, fine3), now there are 4 or more.
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Re: The administration has increased the number of fines for [#permalink] New post   28 Sep 2011, 19:42
gautammalik wrote:
GMATPASSION wrote:
cvsmech wrote:
D seems logically correct to me.

Not sure why the answer is C.


I completely Agree with you. Infact D seems to be the only logical answer to me now. HOW...... Read Below:

How can administration protect the miners? By increasing number of fines or increasing the amount of fines.

How can they increase the no. of fines.No of fines depend on how many times safety violation is done by miners. Administration can only increase the amount of fine.

That sounds perfectly logical to me. Am i missing something.


'Number of fines' means if there were 3 different fines earlier (say fine1, fine2, fine3), now there are 4 or more.

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Re: The administration has increased the number of fines for [#permalink] New post   28 Sep 2011, 19:52
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For SC, stick to the splits and the rules. When in doubt, don't rewrite the sentence to your liking, but pick the least risky choice:

(1) Split between "the number of" and "the amount of"--> this screams countable (number) vs. uncountable (amount)
(2) All choices have the same object of the preposition: "fines"--> Is this countable or uncountable?
(3) Can fines be countable? 1 fine, 2 fines, 3 fines, etc. Yes, even if that is not how you would say it.

Hope this helps. Cheers!!
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Re: The administration has increased the number of fines for [#permalink] New post   28 Sep 2011, 19:56
chawlavinu wrote:
For SC, stick to the splits and the rules. When in doubt, don't rewrite the sentence to your liking, but pick the least risky choice:

(1) Split between "the number of" and "the amount of"--> this screams countable (number) vs. uncountable (amount)
(2) All choices have the same object of the preposition: "fines"--> Is this countable or uncountable?
(3) Can fines be countable? 1 fine, 2 fines, 3 fines, etc. Yes, even if that is not how you would say it.

Hope this helps. Cheers!!


Thanks. This was a crisp Explanation. :-D
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Re: The administration has increased the number of fines for [#permalink] New post   03 Oct 2011, 02:54
Oa is C or D?
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Re: The administration has increased the number of fines for [#permalink] New post   03 Oct 2011, 03:03
ruturaj wrote:
Oa is C or D?


Please click on the "Reveal" link in the main post to see the OA.

OA is C for this one.



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