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With total sales of less than three hundred thousand dollars and fewer new subscribers than last year, the New England Theatre Company is in danger of losing its building. A. of less than three hundred thousand dollars and fewer B. lower than three hundred thousand dollars and less C. lesser than three hundred thousand dollars and fewer D. fewer than three hundred thousand dollars and less E. of fewer than three hundred thousand dollars and of fewer
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Re: New England Theatre Company [#permalink]
25 May 2009, 03:11
I think the original sentence is correct in all aspects. My choice for answer is A.
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Re: New England Theatre Company [#permalink]
25 May 2009, 05:11
straight A. Read up on differences between few / less / more / many. All other choices use these forms incorrectly. nightwing79 wrote: With total sales of less than three hundred thousand dollars and fewer new subscribers than last year, the New England Theatre Company is in danger of losing its building.
A. of less than three hundred thousand dollars and fewer
B. lower than three hundred thousand dollars and less
C. lesser than three hundred thousand dollars and fewer
D. fewer than three hundred thousand dollars and less
E. of fewer than three hundred thousand dollars and of fewer
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Re: New England Theatre Company [#permalink]
25 May 2009, 09:55
nightwing79 wrote: With total sales of less than three hundred thousand dollars and fewer new subscribers than last year, the New England Theatre Company is in danger of losing its building.
A. of less than three hundred thousand dollars and fewer
B. lower than three hundred thousand dollars and less
C. lesser than three hundred thousand dollars and fewer
D. fewer than three hundred thousand dollars and less
E. of fewer than three hundred thousand dollars and of fewer Using the comparision rules, only options A and C stand as contendors. Both A and C use the correct comparitive forms 'Less' and 'Lesser' respectively. However, if parallelism has to be taken into account then option C stands as the right choice as it uses LESSER.....FEWER construction. Is my reasoning correct? please suggest.
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Re: New England Theatre Company [#permalink]
25 May 2009, 10:25
hasham222 wrote: nightwing79 wrote: With total sales of less than three hundred thousand dollars and fewer new subscribers than last year, the New England Theatre Company is in danger of losing its building.
A. of less than three hundred thousand dollars and fewer
B. lower than three hundred thousand dollars and less
C. lesser than three hundred thousand dollars and fewer
D. fewer than three hundred thousand dollars and less
E. of fewer than three hundred thousand dollars and of fewer Using the comparision rules, only options A and C stand as contendors. Both A and C use the correct comparitive forms 'Less' and 'Lesser' respectively. However, if parallelism has to be taken into account then option C stands as the right choice as it uses LESSER.....FEWER construction. Is my reasoning correct? please suggest. A straight. total sales of + less, few usage will get us the answer
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Re: New England Theatre Company [#permalink]
25 May 2009, 21:32
hasham222 wrote: nightwing79 wrote: With total sales of less than three hundred thousand dollars and fewer new subscribers than last year, the New England Theatre Company is in danger of losing its building.
A. of less than three hundred thousand dollars and fewer
B. lower than three hundred thousand dollars and less
C. lesser than three hundred thousand dollars and fewer
D. fewer than three hundred thousand dollars and less
E. of fewer than three hundred thousand dollars and of fewer Using the comparision rules, only options A and C stand as contendors. Both A and C use the correct comparitive forms 'Less' and 'Lesser' respectively. However, if parallelism has to be taken into account then option C stands as the right choice as it uses LESSER.....FEWER construction. Is my reasoning correct? please suggest. I a bit of quick research lesser is used in context of degrees (kinda like portion-like) otherwise - less is preferable... For example ....it is "lesser evil" dg
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Re: New England Theatre Company [#permalink]
24 May 2010, 15:05
I dont undestand this one: sales is a countable noun so less is not correct; fewer should be used instead. Im therefore with E. Can anybody clarify?
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Re: New England Theatre Company [#permalink]
25 May 2010, 23:52
For dollar sales u need to use less, It is an idiomatic expression.
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Re: New England Theatre Company [#permalink]
26 May 2010, 03:19
Disagree with the explanation given: This is not a matter of idiomatic usage. When a collection of units acts as a unified whole, it is considered one, singular unit. Consider for example the following two sentences: Four hours is a long time. v.s. The four hours were excruciating. (Though it is hoped that they will not be if you practice enough  ) The first "four hours" act one unit, and the second "four hours" are being considered individually. In most of the SC problems, # + Unit (time, currency, weight, distance, etc.) = SINGULAR (and therefore non-count). If this helped, kindly give Kudos! For more on this subject, check out the the second lesson in SC-- Subject-Verb Agreement -- at gmaxonline
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Re: New England Theatre Company [#permalink]
26 May 2010, 03:31
Good one 
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Re: New England Theatre Company [#permalink]
31 May 2010, 14:28
Why is option (C) wrong inspite of the parallelism?
With total sales of less than three hundred thousand dollars and fewer new subscribers than last year, the New England Theatre Company is in danger of losing its building.
A. of less than three hundred thousand dollars and fewer
C. lesser than three hundred thousand dollars and fewer
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Re: New England Theatre Company [#permalink]
31 May 2010, 22:55
Hi seekmba, As nightwing79 posted above, the difference between less and lesser is not grammatical-- both words are the comparative. However, they have different meanings. "Lesser" means inferior, while "less" relates to quantity. Thus, meaning, not parallelism is the issue in C. Best, Sarai
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