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18 Feb 2022, 05:30
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Company policy restricts employees to, at most, three personal days in a month, and even less if the number of Fridays in the month is more than four.
(A) even less if the number of Fridays in the month is more than four
(B) even less if the amount of Fridays in the month is more than four
(C) even fewer if the number of Fridays in the month is greater than four
(D) even fewer if the amount of Fridays in the month is more than four
(E) even less if the number of Fridays in the month is greater than four
(A) even less if the number of Fridays in the month is more than four
(B) even less if the amount of Fridays in the month is more than four
(C) even fewer if the number of Fridays in the month is greater than four
(D) even fewer if the amount of Fridays in the month is more than four
(E) even less if the number of Fridays in the month is greater than four
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18 Feb 2022, 13:32
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Split 1: less vs fewer. We use fewer for countable quantities (personal days in this case). This eliminates options A, B, and E.
Split 2: greater vs more. We use greater for number quantities (number of Fridays in this case). This eliminates options A, B, and D.
Option C correctly uses fewer and greater both. Hence. C.
06 Mar 2022, 07:30
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Magoosh Official Explanation:
Split #1: We are talking about how many personal days. The phrase “how many” means countable, which means we must use “fewer“, not “less.” Only choices (C) & (D) get this correct, and the rest are wrong.
Split #2: we can count how many Fridays in a month. The phrase “how many” means countable, which means we must use “number“, not “amount“. Only choices (A) & (C) & (E) get this correct.
Split #3: the “number” of Fridays is a number. It probably would be acceptable to say “more than four“, but technically, it is better to say “greater than four.”
The only possible answer is (C).
