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Split #1: the question is: how many will the interview committee interview? The phrase “how many” means countable, which means we must use “fewer“, not “less” or “under“. Only choices (C) & (E) get this correct.
Split #2: this sentence uses the idiom For every #P, #Q, so we want the numerical phrase close to the beginning of the second half. Choice (E) begins with “fewer than six”, the numerical phrase right away. Choice (C) buries the numerical phrase “fewer
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Split #1: the question is: how many will the interview committee interview? The phrase “how many” means countable, which means we must use “fewer“, not “less” or “under“. Only choices (C) & (E) get this correct.
Split #2: this sentence uses the idiom For every #P, #Q, so we want the numerical phrase close to the beginning of the second half. Choice (E) begins with “fewer than six”, the numerical phrase right away. Choice (C) buries the numerical phrase “fewer
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