Although the governments expenditures on law suits involving

Question

Although the governmentâ€™s  expenditures on law suits involving tobacco companies amounts to a sum dramatically lower than  that spent by tobacco companies, many believe that the government should allocate no more funds to a battle they perceive as pointless.

A) expenditures on law suits involving tobacco companies amounts to a sum dramatically lower than
B) expenditures on law suits involving tobacco companies amount to a sum dramatically less than
C) expenditures on law suits involving tobacco companies amount to a sum dramatically lower than
D) law suit expenditures regarding tobacco companies amount to a dramatically lower sum than
E) law suit expenditures against tobacco companies amounts to a sum dramatically lower than

gmat_crack · Answer

B.

D, E changes the meaning.

In A & C "lower" is wrong.

Matador · Answer

OA is C.

 sum  is a countable word and therefore  lower  should be used

vipin7um · Answer

My choice was C but then I picked B since 'sum... less than' sounded much better. But ofcourse C is the correct choice.

Matador · Answer

I picked B the first time as well, for the same reasoning :wink: Think about it this way though, if you switch the words around, which one sounds better: 1) ...the expenditures amount to a less...sum than... 2) ...the expenditures amount to a lower...sum than... 1 sounds completely wack now, doesn't it.

At least to me it does.

Although the governments expenditures on law suits involving

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