While there is no doubt to use singular form of number in Q5, it is
hard to appreciate the use of plural numbers in Q72. Any clues? Thanks!
5. A Labor Department study
states that the numbers of women employed outside the home grew more than a
thirty-five percent increase in the past decade and accounted for more than
sixty-two percent of the total growth in the civilian work force
(A) numbers of women employed
outside the home grew by more than a thirty-five percent increase
(B) numbers of women employed
outside the home grew more than thirty-five percent
(C) numbers of women employed
outside the home were raised by more than thirty-five percent
(D) number of women employed outside
the home increased by more than thirty-five percent
(E) number of women employed outside the home
was raised by more than a thirty-five percent increase
72. The gyrfalcon, an Arctic
bird of prey, has survived a close brush with extinction; its numbers are
now five-times greater than when the use of DDT was sharply restricted in
the early 1970’s.
(A) extinction; its numbers
are now five times greater than
(B) extinction; its numbers
are now five times more than
(C) extinction, their numbers
now fivefold what they were
(D) extinction, now with
fivefold the numbers they had
(E) extinction, now with
numbers five times greater than
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