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Fewer than six out of one hundred applicants who have sent their resum [#permalink] New post   13 Mar 2022, 01:10
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Fewer than six out of one hundred applicants who have sent their resumes to the state’s premier consulting firm are ones who are interviewed by the selection committee.


A) Fewer than six out of one hundred applicants who have sent their resumes to the state’s premier consulting firm are ones who will be interviewed by the selection committee

B) The selection committee at the state’s premier consulting firm will interview fewer than six applicants from every hundred who send their resumes to them

C) The state’s premier consulting firm’s selection committee will interview less than six applicants for each hundred who send resumes to them

D) When one hundred applicants send their resumes to the state’s premier consulting firm, the selection committee will interview less than six of them

E) Out of every one hundred applicants who have sent their resumes to the state’s premier consulting firm, fewer than six will be interviewed by the selection committee
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Re: Fewer than six out of one hundred applicants who have sent their resum [#permalink] New post   18 Mar 2022, 02:04
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Fewer than six out of one hundred applicants who have sent their resumes to the state’s premier consulting firm are ones who are interviewed by the selection committee.


A) Fewer than six out of one hundred applicants who have sent their resumes to the state’s premier consulting firm are ones who will be interviewed by the selection committee

B) The selection committee at the state’s premier consulting firm will interview fewer than six applicants from every hundred who send their resumes to them

C) The state’s premier consulting firm’s selection committee will interview less than six applicants for each hundred who send resumes to them

D) When one hundred applicants send their resumes to the state’s premier consulting firm, the selection committee will interview less than six of them

E) Out of every one hundred applicants who have sent their resumes to the state’s premier consulting firm, fewer than six will be interviewed by the selection committee


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Choice (A): “Fewer than six out of one hundred applicants who … are the ones who …” Something is unusually indirect and tedious about identifying these same people with multiple “who” clauses. Notice that this choice is the longest of the five.
This option is long, indirect, and awkward. It should be taken out back and destroyed.
[NOTE: I agree with this analysis. That said, on the first pass, do not eliminate answers on the basis of style.
Yes, this sentence is a stylistic train wreck. The subject is unnecessarily identified twice, creating leaden repetitiveness.
This sentence could easily be fixed by removing the words are ones who.
But the option is grammatical.
KEEP, but look for a better answer. When you find (E), discard (A).]
This choice is incorrect.

Choice (B): The “selection committee” presumably has multiple members, but as a noun it is singular and requires a singular pronoun.
The pronoun “them” is plural and doesn’t match the singular "selection committee"—a pronoun mistake.
This choice is incorrect.

Choice (C): “applicants” are countable—we would ask “how many applicants?” not “how much applicants?”—and for countable nouns, we need to use “fewer,” not “less.” This choice also repeats the pronoun mistake of (B).
This choice is incorrect.

Choice (D): this choice also says “less than six of them,” repeating the countable/uncountable mistake of (C).
Also, the use of “when” is colloquial and logically sloppy—a structure that should not appear in formal writing.
This choice is incorrect.

Choice (E): The idiom

For every [member of large group], [some portion] do X

is a standard and correct idiom. This idiom is used perfectly in this choice. This is directly, elegant, and clear.

The only possible answer is (E).
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Re: Fewer than six out of one hundred applicants who have sent their resum [#permalink] New post   13 Mar 2022, 02:53
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My answer is (E). It took me 01:30.

When the whole sentence is underlined, just go directly to read option (A). It is more comfortable to read a sentence without extraneous marks.

(A) I do not see major issues immediately, although the construct of "few than six are ones" sounds a bit strange and definitely rather rigid. Keep for now.

(B) "The selection committee" is singular. The last word ("them") should be "it".

(C) "less than" should be "few than". The last word ("them") should be "it".

(D) "less than" should be "few than".
Besides, the use of "when" is inappropriate. It depicts a rather peculiar scenario that the selection committee wait until it collects resumes from one hundred applications. Then, it will interview fewer than six of them as if it won't interview more even if the 100 applicants turn out to be top candidates.

(E) I like this version because it flows smoothly. I only notice that it uses passive voice later, but passive voice is well justified here since the focus is on "fewer than six".
The problem in (A) is the unnatural use of "are" to connect "fewer than six" with "ones". (A) can be much improved if it is modified as：
Fewer than six out of one hundred applicants who have sent their resumes to the state’s premier consulting firm will be interviewed by the selection committee.
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Re: Fewer than six out of one hundred applicants who have sent their resum [#permalink] New post   13 Mar 2022, 04:32
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Fewer than six out of one hundred applicants who have sent their resumes to the state’s premier consulting firm are ones who are interviewed by the selection committee.


A) Fewer than six out of one hundred applicants who have sent their resumes to the state’s premier consulting firm are ones who will be interviewed by the selection committee
Let me keep this on hold

B) The selection committee at the state’s premier consulting firm will interview fewer than six applicants from every hundred who send their resumes to them

Who is used incorrectly and also from every hundred..What hudred??

C) The state’s premier consulting firm’s selection committee will interview less than six applicants for each hundred who send resumes to them
"less than " is wrong

D) When one hundred applicants send their resumes to the state’s premier consulting firm, the selection committee will interview less than six of them
when is wrong
E) Out of every one hundred applicants who have sent their resumes to the state’s premier consulting firm, fewer than six will be interviewed by the selection committee

Between A and E ..E is much clean..So i have selected E

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Re: Fewer than six out of one hundred applicants who have sent their resum [#permalink] New post   14 Mar 2022, 06:32
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Fewer than six out of one hundred applicants who have sent their resumes to the state’s premier consulting firm are ones who are interviewed by the selection committee.


A) Fewer than six out of one hundred applicants who have sent their resumes to the state’s premier consulting firm are ones who will be interviewed by the selection committee
'are ones' usage reduces the clarity of the sentence and doesn't make much sense therefore out

B) The selection committee at the state’s premier consulting firm will interview fewer than six applicants from every hundred who send their resumes to them
The 'selection committee' is singular therefore the usage of 'it' is appropriate therefore out

C) The state’s premier consulting firm’s selection committee will interview less than six applicants for each hundred who send resumes to them
Similar isuues as B therefore out

D) When one hundred applicants send their resumes to the state’s premier consulting firm, the selection committee will interview less than six of them
Usage of 'when' is creating trouble (meaning wise) in addition 'fewer than' is the right usage therefore out

E) Out of every one hundred applicants who have sent their resumes to the state’s premier consulting firm, fewer than six will be interviewed by the selection committee
Hope we like this one , yes the meaning is perfect therefore our answer

THerefore IMO E
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Fewer than six out of one hundred applicants who have sent their resum [#permalink] New post   21 Jan 2023, 02:31
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0Lucky0 wrote:
Fewer than six out of one hundred applicants who have sent their resumes to the state’s premier consulting firm are ones who are interviewed by the selection committee.
Option E) Out of every one hundred applicants who have sent their resumes to the state’s premier consulting firm, fewer than six will be interviewed by the selection committee.
The sentence underlined is in present tense but Option E changes it into a future tense statement but is still, apparantly, the correct answer! Is this allowed on the GMAT?

It's a bit unusual for the difference between versions to be so great, but in any case, yes, it's fine for a tense different from that used in the (A) version to be used in the correct answer.

I have not seen any questions till now where the gmat changes the tense of a sentence in the correct answer choice. Can you please show me an example if possible?
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Fewer than six out of one hundred applicants who have sent their resum [#permalink] New post   20 Jan 2023, 21:20
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Fewer than six out of one hundred applicants who have sent their resumes to the state’s premier consulting firm are ones who are interviewed by the selection committee.

A) Fewer than six out of one hundred applicants who have sent their resumes to the state’s premier consulting firm are ones who will be interviewed by the selection committee

B) The selection committee at the state’s premier consulting firm will interview fewer than six applicants from every hundred who send their resumes to them

C) The state’s premier consulting firm’s selection committee will interview less than six applicants for each hundred who send resumes to them

D) When one hundred applicants send their resumes to the state’s premier consulting firm, the selection committee will interview less than six of them

E) Out of every one hundred applicants who have sent their resumes to the state’s premier consulting firm, fewer than six will be interviewed by the selection committee


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Fewer than six out of one hundred applicants who have sent their resumes to the state’s premier consulting firm are ones who are interviewed by the selection committee.
Option E) Out of every one hundred applicants who have sent their resumes to the state’s premier consulting firm, fewer than six will be interviewed by the selection committee.
The sentence underlined is in present tense but Option E changes it into a future tense statement but is still, apparantly, the correct answer! Is this allowed on the GMAT?
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Re: Fewer than six out of one hundred applicants who have sent their resum [#permalink] New post   21 Jan 2023, 00:43
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Fewer than six out of one hundred applicants who have sent their resumes to the state’s premier consulting firm are ones who are interviewed by the selection committee.
Option E) Out of every one hundred applicants who have sent their resumes to the state’s premier consulting firm, fewer than six will be interviewed by the selection committee.
The sentence underlined is in present tense but Option E changes it into a future tense statement but is still, apparantly, the correct answer! Is this allowed on the GMAT?

It's a bit unusual for the difference between versions to be so great, but in any case, yes, it's fine for a tense different from that used in the (A) version to be used in the correct answer.
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