<p>In RR it says if you have countable quantities you must use greater or fewer. why then is this question on the collegeboard practice test not have an error?</p>
<p>Question:</p>
<p>By 2003, more than[u/] 684,000 students in the United States had enrolled in charter schools, publicly funded schools that pledged better academic results and were unencumbered by many of the regulations governing ordinary public schools.</p>
<p>answer: no error</p>
<p>What the ****, shouldn't it be greater than 684,000 students?</p>
<p>“more than” refers to number; “greater than” refers to amount or quality. Rocket Review is wrong.</p>
<p>Moreover, their rule that countable quantities take “fewer” as opposed to “less” is inexact. Rather, “fewer” is associated with number, whereas “less” is associated with amount.</p>
<p>so from what silverturtle is saying:</p>
<p>Greater is to amounts (ex. amount of waste is greater than the amount of water)
More is to numbers (more than 50, more than 20 students, more than 80 schools)</p>
<p>Whereas</p>
<p>Fewer is to numbers (ex. fewer than 5 people left)
less is to amounts (the amount of water lost was less than the amount of soil lost.)</p>
<p>Is this correct?</p>
<p>Yes, that’s correct.</p>
<p>shouldn’t it be “more than 684000 students”??
so rocketreview is right by saying that this is correct…?</p>
<p>According to the OP, Rocket Review says that “greater than” would be the appropriate phrase in the sentence, which was in a College Board practice test.</p>