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我搜了很多帖子 对于 more 和 greater 的用法 感觉和这个帖子里的讲的不太一样啊
http://www.beatthegmat.com/a-long-term-study-of-some-1-000-physicians-indicates-that-t288311.html
B: the more was their likelihood
Here, more seems to refer to likelihood.
likelihood = probability = a NUMBER.
A number cannot be MORE.
https://gmatclub.com/forum/2016-og-q10-a-long-term-study-of-some-199873.html
After going through various suggestions by GMAT experts at Magoosh and Manhattan, I could arrive at the following conclusion:
The positive....comparative...superlative forms of certain adjectives of quantity are as follows:
set 1. many...more...most
set 2. much...more....most
set 3. great...greater...greatest
While set 1 (many...more...most) is used for countable nouns, set 2 (much...more....most) and set 3 (great...greater...greatest) are used for uncountable nouns.
Now there could be 2 types of uncountable nouns
type a. Quantity word / numbers themselves (e.g. price, volume, weight, probability etc.) are uncountable.
type b. Other uncountable nouns (honesty, poverty, etc as you mentioned)
The set 2 (much...more....most) is used for type b (other uncountable nouns) uncountable nouns.
The set 3 ( great...greater...greatest) is used for type a (Quantity word / numbers) uncountable nouns.
Therefore we see that "more" can be used for (i) countable nouns and (ii) uncountable nouns that are not quantity words/ numbers.
"Greater" can be used for (iii) uncountable nouns that are quantity words/ numbers.
A number can only be GREATER.
Eliminate B.
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