Quantcast
Channel: GMAT Club Forum - Forums > Reading Comprehension (RC)
Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 291973

Sentence Correction (SC) | Re: The administration has increased the number of fines for

$
0
0
reply from mgmat staff

The difference between (C) and (D) is the "number of fines" vs. the "amount of fines." We use "number of" for countable nouns and "amount of" for uncountable nouns. For example, we would use "number of hats" because we can count hats: one hat, two hats, etc. However, we would use "amount of water" because water is not countable; we would not count one water, two waters, etc.

The intent of the question is to say
...

Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 291973

Latest Images

Trending Articles



Latest Images

<script src="https://jsc.adskeeper.com/r/s/rssing.com.1596347.js" async> </script>