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Question
When drive-ins were at the height of their popularity in the late 1950’s, some 4,000 existed in the United States, but today there are less than one-quarter that many.
Option A:
there are less than one-quarter that many
Option B:
there are fewer than one-quarter as many
Option C:
there are fewer than one-quarter of that amount
Option D:
the number is less than one-quarter the amount
Option E:
it is less than one-quarter of that amount
Difficulty Level
EasySolution
Option B is the correct answer.
Option Analysis
Concept tested: Comparisons, Modifiers
A) Inappropriate usage of the word “less” – The same cannot be used with “one-quarter”
B) Correct answer
C) Inappropriate usage of the word “fewer” with “amount”
D) Same as A.
E) Same as A.
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