I got this one wrong. I thought that how "ressources" was being used here it could be considered as being uncountable. Indeed, in my opinion it is more the idea of "work" and "effort" put into the business than something really countable (which is more the idea of ressources used to mean "commodities"). Can somebody tell me if this could have made sense or explain why not ?

If not for this error, would question A have been right ? Is the use of "Like" + noun here correct and is it a problem that "other performances" does not agree in number with "the growth rate".

thanks for your help

Number of resources? Doesn't this change the meaning?
Say what?

Cheers
J

Hi abhimahna,
I observed a point through many questions. Is Like ONLY Used for comparisons or Can it be used to show similarities ?

Can you please enlighten me.

Yeah exactly!,
If i say "As Ramesh is, Suresh is intelligent.

Is it true. If its a NO.

I am a bit confused why is that the later case is preferred in this question to the former, which uses the word "Like".

Thank you

Dear Experts,

Some trustable sources (NYT, The Economist) use Amount with plural/countable nouns in rare cases when we mean the volume. I yhink this is the case in this question, and that OA is incorrect. Please help to justify my thoughts.

Thank you.

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

While “like” correctly compares the two nouns “indicators” and “growth rate,” “amount of” incorrectly modifies the countable noun “resources.” “Amount of” is applied to both components of the compound noun: “amount of time and (amount of) resources.” “Amount of” can be used to modify uncountable nouns, such as “time,” but not countable nouns, such as “resources.” “Number of” should be used to modify countable nouns.
(A) This choice is incorrect as it repeats the original sentence.
(B) “Amount of” incorrectly modifies the countable noun “resources.” “Amount of” is applied to both components of the compound noun: “amount of time and (amount of) resources.” “Amount of” can be used to modify uncountable nouns, such as “time,” but not countable nouns, such as “resources.” “Number of” should be used to modify countable nouns. Further, “just like” is unnecessarily wordy. The more concise “like” is preferred.
(C) While “number of” correctly modifies the countable noun “resources,” “like” incorrectly compares two verb phrases: “like other...indicators are, the growth rate...is.” “Like” can be used to compare nouns, but not verb phrases. “As” should be used to compare verb phrases.
(D) “As” is correctly used to compare two verb phrases: "as other...indicators are, the growth rate...is." However, “amount of” incorrectly modifies the countable noun “resources.” “Amount of” is applied to both components of the compound noun: “amount of time and (amount of) resources.” “Amount of” can be used to modify uncountable nouns, such as “time,” but not countable nouns, such as “resources.” “Number of” should be used to modify countable nouns.
(E) CORRECT. “As” correctly compares two verb phrases: “as other...indicators are, the growth rate...is.” Further, “number of” correctly modifies the countable noun “resources.”
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