Answer Choices
NO CHANGE
many less than
much less then
much fewer then
Explanation for Question 41 From the Writing Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 7
41 says ratings. 2 However, reveal that far fewer than a million people had been listening to the 3 broadcast. We're going to ignore this part because it's on a separate page and 4 it's not crucial to what we're doing in 41. 5 What we're trying to do in 41 is deal with this phrase right here. 6 We have far fewer than many, less, 7 than, much, less than, and much fewer than so we can tell that the 8 idea we're trying to get across is that less than a million people or 9 fewer than a million people had been listening to the broadcast. 10 So what's the proper way of saying that it has to do with two 11 things. One is the word less versus fewer. 12 The second one is then versus then with an a versus with an E 13 let's go over the vents. First, 14 when we say then with an a that's only used, 15 only used for comparisons comparisons only with 16 then with an E, we use it for a lot of different 17 things, but not comparisons. 18 For example, you could use it for time. 19 Like first, I want you to do this. 20 Then I want you to do that. You can also use it conditionally, 21 like if this, 22 then that. So those are two ways we can use them. 23 But the main point to know is that T H a 24 N is only used for comparisons. 25 So let's see what's going on in the sentence. 26 They say that ratings reveal that far fewer than a million people. 27 That looks like a comparison to me. So we are going to use T 28 H a N. So I'm going to cross out C and D and now 29 it's just a difference between fa...