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Re: In the United States, less than $200 per capita is spent by [#permalink]
OA is (A)
So I guess $200 is non-countable noun? by the use of less?
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I am sorry I am not convinced with the OA. A dosen't sound good I mean may the problem is with my ears :-D but E looks better constructed sentence. Gives us a clear disctinction.

So what is the source of the question.

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Re: In the United States, less than $200 per capita is spent by [#permalink]
(E) said

fewer than $200

"fewer" is only for countable noun

My question is $200 is countable or not?

I forgot the source of this question. I think Arco.
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Re: In the United States, less than $200 per capita is spent by [#permalink]
200$ is countable but dosen't necessarily mean that FEW has to be used with XYZ$. It depends about the use of the sentence.

Well Arco hmmm......... never mind.

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Re: In the United States, less than $200 per capita is spent by [#permalink]
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(E) said

fewer than $200

"fewer" is only for countable noun

My question is $200 is countable or not?

I forgot the source of this question. I think Arco.

money is not countable. "fewer" would be applied to money in terms of coins, something physically countable and comparable.
He has less than 200$ and fewer dimes than she does
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Re: In the United States, less than $200 per capita is spent by [#permalink]
In 'A' 'amount' should be followed by 'spent' to indicate which amount is being referred to.
'Like' in 'B' and 'D' instead of 'such as' changes meaning of the sentence and indicates that it is not the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) but institutions like NEA that are supported by the US govt.
'C' illogically states that European countries spend money to support National Endowment for the Arts.
'E' is concise and grammatically correct choice.
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Re: In the United States, less than $200 per capita is spent by [#permalink]
It's A. Parallelism is tested here!
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Re: In the United States, less than $200 per capita is spent by [#permalink]
+1 for A.

For nouns dealing with time, money and distance we can use less/amount ( instead of few/quantity).

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Re: In the United States, less than $200 per capita is spent by [#permalink]
+1 A

E incorrectly compares the USA govt to the European countries

I had to look carefully to identify this.
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Re: In the United States, less than $200 per capita is spent by [#permalink]
A makes sense. Though E had me going for a bit.
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Re: In the United States, less than $200 per capita is spent by [#permalink]
Noni wrote:
It's A. Parallelism is tested here!

E is also parallel and sounds more logical than A. The use of comma pair in A is non-sensical.

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