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13 Aug 2021, 04:00
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There are less than 60 Javan rhinos in the world today and specialists are unsure whether the species can recover its numbers.
A. There are less than 60 Javan rhinos in the world today and specialists are unsure whether the species can recover its numbers
B. Less than 60 Javan rhinos remain in the world today and specialists are unsure whether the species can recover its numbers
C. There are fewer than 60 Javan rhinos in the world today and specialists are unsure whether the species can recover its numbers or not
D. Fewer than 60 Javan rhinos remain in the world today and specialists are unsure whether the species can recover its numbers
E. Fewer than 60 Javan rhinos remain in the world today and specialists are unsure if the species can recover its numbers
A. There are less than 60 Javan rhinos in the world today and specialists are unsure whether the species can recover its numbers
B. Less than 60 Javan rhinos remain in the world today and specialists are unsure whether the species can recover its numbers
C. There are fewer than 60 Javan rhinos in the world today and specialists are unsure whether the species can recover its numbers or not
D. Fewer than 60 Javan rhinos remain in the world today and specialists are unsure whether the species can recover its numbers
E. Fewer than 60 Javan rhinos remain in the world today and specialists are unsure if the species can recover its numbers
13 Aug 2021, 04:16
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much, (a) little, less, the amount of should be used to describe non-count noun.
A. There are less than 60 Javan rhinos in the world today and specialists are unsure whether the species can recover its numbers.........................Use of less is wrong
B. Less than 60 Javan rhinos remain in the world today and specialists are unsure whether the species can recover its numbers.......................Use of less is wrong
C. There are fewer than 60 Javan rhinos in the world today and specialists are unsure whether the species can recover its numbers or not.....................Redundancy
D. Fewer than 60 Javan rhinos remain in the world today and specialists are unsure whether the species can recover its numbers..........Looks fine
E. Fewer than 60 Javan rhinos remain in the world today and specialists are unsure if the species can recover its numbers...................If should be used in conditional sentences. Whether should be used when there are two choices
OA should be D
A. There are less than 60 Javan rhinos in the world today and specialists are unsure whether the species can recover its numbers.........................Use of less is wrong
B. Less than 60 Javan rhinos remain in the world today and specialists are unsure whether the species can recover its numbers.......................Use of less is wrong
C. There are fewer than 60 Javan rhinos in the world today and specialists are unsure whether the species can recover its numbers or not.....................Redundancy
D. Fewer than 60 Javan rhinos remain in the world today and specialists are unsure whether the species can recover its numbers..........Looks fine
E. Fewer than 60 Javan rhinos remain in the world today and specialists are unsure if the species can recover its numbers...................If should be used in conditional sentences. Whether should be used when there are two choices
OA should be D
15 Aug 2021, 04:00
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
There are less than 60 Javan rhinos in the world today and specialists are unsure whether the species can recover its numbers.
A. There are less than 60 Javan rhinos in the world today and specialists are unsure whether the species can recover its numbers
This answer choice is grammatically incorrect: the article less can describe only non-count nouns whereas the noun rhinos is a count noun.
What helps us identify this mistake is the following Stop Sign: much, (a) little, less, the amount of
B. Less than 60 Javan rhinos remain in the world today and specialists are unsure whether the species can recover its numbers
This answer choice is grammatically incorrect and repeats the original Parts of Speech error: the article Less can describe only non-count nouns whereas the noun rhinos is a count noun.
What helps us identify this mistake is the following Stop Sign: much, (a) little, less, the amount of
C. There are fewer than 60 Javan rhinos in the world today and specialists are unsure whether the species can recover its numbers or not
Although this answer choice corrects the original Parts of Speech error by using fewer to describe the plural count noun rhinos, in the GMAT, the addition of the phrase or not at any point after the word whether is considered redundant and, therefore, a stylistic error. Look for a more concise answer choice.
D. Fewer than 60 Javan rhinos remain in the world today and specialists are unsure whether the species can recover its numbers
This answer choice corrects the original Parts of Speech error by using the article fewer to describe a plural count noun (rhinos).
E. Fewer than 60 Javan rhinos remain in the world today and specialists are unsure if the species can recover its numbers
Although this answer choice corrects the original Parts of Speech error by using fewer to describe the plural count noun rhinos, in the GMAT, If is used in Conditionals only. If you see if in a sentence and there's no condition, you should replace if with whether.
Think of whether as a choice between two possibilities dealing with the same subject or as a yes/no question.
Example: I do not know whether this will work. (yes or no)
He was not sure whether he wanted banana or chocolate cake. (a choice between 2 possibilities)
