{"id":356,"date":"2011-05-24T16:24:10","date_gmt":"2011-05-24T23:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/?p=356"},"modified":"2022-11-15T18:03:18","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T12:33:18","slug":"the-gyrfalcon-an-arctic-bird-of-prey-has-survives-a-close-brushgmatprep-ogpurple72","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/the-gyrfalcon-an-arctic-bird-of-prey-has-survives-a-close-brushgmatprep-ogpurple72\/","title":{"rendered":"The gyrfalcon, an Arctic bird of prey, has survived a close brush\u2026GMATPrep & OGPurple#72"},"content":{"rendered":"A <\/span> 3<\/span> min read <\/span><\/span>\n

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 1970s.
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<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This question tests your knowledge of idiomatic usage of adjectives \u2013 greater & more with the noun \u2013 numbers.  It also tests your knowledge of sentence structure \u2013 independent clauses must be connected appropriately.  Furthermore, it tests your understanding of pronoun-antecedent number agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What does this sentence mean?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This sentence states a fact that gyrfalcon has survived a close brush with extinction. \u00a0Then the sentence presents a statistic. \u00a0The number of birds in present is 5 times greater than the number in the early 1970s. \u00a0In the early 1970s, use of DDT was sharply restricted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What are the errors in the original sentence?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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 1970s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This sentence has no errors.  The sentence structure is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n