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A city's economy can be boosted for years by a two-week Olympics, as evidenced by 2000 Summer Games host Sydney, Australia, where the numbers of annual convention attendees grew by more than a 200% increase between 2001 and 2003.
A. numbers of annual convention attendees grew by more than a 200% increase
B. numbers of annual convention attendees grew more than 200%
C. numbers of annual convention attendees were raised by more than 200%
D. number of annual convention attendees increased by more than 200%
E. number of annual convention attendees was raised by more than a 200% increase
A. numbers of annual convention attendees grew by more than a 200% increase
B. numbers of annual convention attendees grew more than 200%
C. numbers of annual convention attendees were raised by more than 200%
D. number of annual convention attendees increased by more than 200%
E. number of annual convention attendees was raised by more than a 200% increase
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Firstly "numbers" is wrong ."A number" denotes plural and "The number" denotes singular. "Numbers is not used" so (A),(B),(C) cannot be the answer.Down to (D) and (E).
(E) has both raised and increased-Redundant. Also Attendees cannot be "raised" by someone.It can increase only. So left with (D).Hope it helps..
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Answer D A quick vertical scan reveals the choice of "numbers" versus "number". Since the count of annual convention attendees would be a single number (countable), we must use "number", not "numbers". Thus we eliminate (A), (B) and (C). (A) also contains a redundancy since "grew" already implies an "increase". (C) introduces the passive voice. Note that while the passive voice is not always incorrect on Sentence Correction, it frequently is. In this sentence (as in most sentences) the idea is more effectively expressed using active voice. Now we examine (D) and (E). Choice (E) unnecessarily introduces the passive voice and still contains the redundant "raised" and "increase". (D) correctly uses the singular "number", uses the active voice and contains no redundancy. (D) is therefore correct.
Hope this helps.
Answer D A quick vertical scan reveals the choice of "numbers" versus "number". Since the count of annual convention attendees would be a single number (countable), we must use "number", not "numbers". Thus we eliminate (A), (B) and (C). (A) also contains a redundancy since "grew" already implies an "increase". (C) introduces the passive voice. Note that while the passive voice is not always incorrect on Sentence Correction, it frequently is. In this sentence (as in most sentences) the idea is more effectively expressed using active voice. Now we examine (D) and (E). Choice (E) unnecessarily introduces the passive voice and still contains the redundant "raised" and "increase". (D) correctly uses the singular "number", uses the active voice and contains no redundancy. (D) is therefore correct.
Hope this helps.
