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The numbers of internet users has grown by more than a 10 percent increase in the past year.

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b) The number of internet users has grown by greater than 10 percent in the past year.

c) The numbers of internet users have grown by more than 10 percent in the past year.

d) The number of internet users has grown by more than 10 percent in the past year.

e) The number of internet users grew by greater than 10 percent in the past year.

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The OA is D.

Can someone explain why E is wrong? I'm confused about choosing between "grew" and "has grown," and between "more than" and "greater than."

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The OA is D.

Can someone explain why E is wrong? I'm confused about choosing between "grew" and "has grown," and between "more than" and "greater than."

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I got to D through process of elimination. I can't tell you technically why D is the OA.
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I can explain to you about the use of tense here.
Since it said "in the past year", the action must be "continuous" until present. So past perfect is preferable.
However, I don't get "greater" vs "more". "10 percent" must be non-countable noun and "greater" must be appropriate here.
Just like
greater amount of water (correct)
VS
more amount of water (incorrect)
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qhoc0010,

Hi. Your explanation about the use of verb tense makes sense. The only reason that I could think of to explain why Kaplan prefers "more than" to "greater than" is that "10% of the number of internet users" is countable. For example, 10% of 100 internet users is 10.

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Here's Kaplan's explanation:

"'Greater than' is correct only when it is used to describe numbers alone ('greater than 10'). Since this sentence measures a percent rather than solely a number, the correct option is 'more than.'"



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