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Balding is much more common among White males than males of other races.

(A) than
(B) than among

More common among X than Y

OR

More common among X than among Y

why do we need the second AMONG ?

logitech wrote:Balding is much more common among White males than males of other races.

(A) than
(B) than among

More common among X than Y

OR

More common among X than among Y

why do we need the second AMONG ?

More X than Y; X and Y must be Logically and grammtically parallel

Logically needs to be stressed here

In A

X= Occurence of Balding among white males
Y= males of other races..

Occurence of Balding among white males is compared with males


B sets the comparison right both grammtically and logically

Its nicely explained by iamcste. More X & than Y = X & Y has to be parallel

Also, the correct Idiom is

More common among X than among Y

MGMAT 2007 edition pg 111

Hope this helps

Thank you my friends.

My 2 cents...


1 more thing...if u find some diff in findin out whther this will cm or not...read them seprately..like

Balding is much more common among White males than males of other races.

(A) than
(B) than among

If u read like ...
Balding is much more common among White males.
Balding is much more common males of other races....clearly we need 'among' here .......Elipsis can be checked this way as well....

IMCaste..nice explanation as well...

I type all choices .

Balding is much more common among White males than males of other races.
(A) than
(B) than among
(C) than is so of
(D) compared to
(E) in comparison with

en, I want to ask in C so of is wrong or not? I need help about C.

thanks in advance