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Growth in the industry is at an all-time low, with total employment at less than 68,000 people and fewer companies in the field than there have been during any of the past ten years.

A. at less than 68,000 people and fewer
B. at fewer than 68,000 people and fewer
C. lesser than 68,000 people and fewer
D. fewer than 68,000 people and less
E. at less than 68,000 people and there are less



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Re: Growth in the industry is at an all-time low, with total employment at [#permalink] New post   10 Apr 2023, 01:56
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Growth in the industry is at an all-time low, with total employment at less than 68,000 people and fewer companies in the field than there have been during any of the past ten years.

A. at less than 68,000 people and fewer
B. at fewer than 68,000 people and fewer
C. lesser than 68,000 people and fewer
D. fewer than 68,000 people and less
E. at less than 68,000 people and there are less


Both employees and companies are countable so, fewer will be used, errors in other options highlighted, Answer must be (B)
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Re: Growth in the industry is at an all-time low, with total employment at [#permalink] New post   15 Apr 2023, 00:40
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Isn't employment uncountable? Shouldnt lesser be more accurate noun for it?
If it said total people employed are fewer than 60k, then it would have been correct.
Where is my understanding wrong?
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Re: Growth in the industry is at an all-time low, with total employment at [#permalink] New post   15 Jul 2023, 03:59
Mercifully, when we compare numbers, and numbers decrease, we can simply go back to using “less.”

13) The population of Mongolia is less than that of Los Angeles.

14) The cost of a night at the opera is less than the total cost of a day at the ballgame.

15) The melting point of zinc is less than that of copper.

BTW, “melting point” is a temperature, so it is indeed a number.

this is according to magoosh.......
That is the reason I have chosen ans as c
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Re: Growth in the industry is at an all-time low, with total employment at [#permalink] New post   16 Jul 2023, 08:57
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Karan0912 wrote:
Isn't employment uncountable? Shouldnt lesser be more accurate noun for it?
If it said total people employed are fewer than 60k, then it would have been correct.
Where is my understanding wrong?
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Even I fell for the option C, but I think that option doesn't make sense because "Employment" can't be "lesser" than a number of people. They both aren't comparable.
So the option having "Employment is at fewer than a certain number of people" makes sense. The "fewer" is not referring to the employment, it refers to the number of people.

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