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[dubinskysoares]

This question came in my Manhattan Mock CAT
Q:-The administration has increased the number of fines for mining safety violations as part of their campaign to protect miners.

has increased the number of fines for mining safety violations as part of their

have increased the number of fines for mining safety violations as part of their

has increased the number of fines for mining safety violations as part of its

has increased the amount of fines for mining safety violations as part of its

have increased the amount of fines for mining safety violations as part of their


I understand that the answer to this question is c> as "number" fits in the context.....However explanation says that amount can not be used with fines.....But what if the intended meaning was the amount we pay as fine.....Cant we use "amount" in that case

[messi10]

Hi,

Can you please post the full explanation?

Thanks

Sunil

[dubinskysoares]

Varun
There are 3 things to keep in mind

1>Administration is singular
Therefore "has increased" will be used
B and E eliminated

2>The administration will increase the "number" of fines i.e the various types of fines D eliminated

3> Again A uses "their" for singular Administration

So the answer is C

[messi10]

Hi,

Apologies, you misunderstood my post. I understand the question and the answer. I wanted to help you with your query but for that, I need the full explanation by MGMAT

Thanks

Sunil

[jnelson0612]

This question came in my Manhattan Mock CAT
Q:-The administration has increased the number of fines for mining safety violations as part of their campaign to protect miners.

has increased the number of fines for mining safety violations as part of their

have increased the number of fines for mining safety violations as part of their

has increased the number of fines for mining safety violations as part of its

has increased the amount of fines for mining safety violations as part of its

have increased the amount of fines for mining safety violations as part of their


I understand that the answer to this question is c> as "number" fits in the context.....However explanation says that amount can not be used with fines.....But what if the intended meaning was the amount we pay as fine.....Cant we use "amount" in that case

I think that in this case you would preserve the original meaning of the sentence and go with number of fines.

[krishnan.anju1987]

Hi,

Sorry for bumping up this post after so long.

In this case, is it only to preserve the original meaning of the statement that we use "number of fines"? I am unsure but "amount of fines" sounds fine to me though I do understand there is a difference in the meaning.

Thanks in advance for your time and help with this one.

[tim]

"number" is something we can count, and we can count how many fines they issued so we go with "number" instead of "amount"..