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by ronnie1985 » Thu May 24, 2012 10:38 am
According to a recent study, the elderly in the United States are four times more likely to give regular financial aid to their children as to receive it from them.
(A) the elderly in the United States are four times more likely to give regular financial aid to their children as
(B) the elderly in the United States are four times as likely to give regular financial aid to their children as it is for them
(C) the elderly in the United States are four times more likely to give regular financial aid to their children than
(D) it is four times more likely for the elderly in the United States to give regular financial aid to their children than they are
(E) it is four times as likely that the elderly in the United States will give their children regular financial aid as they are


IMO [spoiler](E)[/spoiler]

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by ice_rush » Thu May 24, 2012 11:07 am
(C) should be correct.
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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Thu May 24, 2012 12:56 pm
The 3/2 split is having "the elderly..." in front of the comparison (A, B, and C) or in the middle of the comparison (D&E). It makes the comparison clearer to have the group being discussed introduced first, so we can rule out D and E.

A can be ruled out for using an unidiomatic comparions. If we use "more" (or "less", for that matter), the finishing word must be "than".

B is not parallel: "four times as likely to give...as it is for them..."

C is parallel: "four times more likely to give...than to receive..."


Changing from "more likely" to "as likely" changes the meaning of the sentence as well. "Four times more likely" means an increase of 400%, whereas "four times as likely" means an increase of 300%.
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by agarwalva » Fri May 25, 2012 5:29 am
good explanation Bill
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by karthikpandian19 » Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:09 pm
Bill,

Can you explain the "According to the recent study" modifies what??

Bill@VeritasPrep wrote:The 3/2 split is having "the elderly..." in front of the comparison (A, B, and C) or in the middle of the comparison (D&E). It makes the comparison clearer to have the group being discussed introduced first, so we can rule out D and E.

A can be ruled out for using an unidiomatic comparions. If we use "more" (or "less", for that matter), the finishing word must be "than".

B is not parallel: "four times as likely to give...as it is for them..."

C is parallel: "four times more likely to give...than to receive..."


Changing from "more likely" to "as likely" changes the meaning of the sentence as well. "Four times more likely" means an increase of 400%, whereas "four times as likely" means an increase of 300%.
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by jimmyjimmy » Sun Jun 17, 2012 6:02 am
karthikpandian19 wrote:Bill,

Can you explain the "According to the recent study" modifies what??

Bill@VeritasPrep wrote:The 3/2 split is having "the elderly..." in front of the comparison (A, B, and C) or in the middle of the comparison (D&E). It makes the comparison clearer to have the group being discussed introduced first, so we can rule out D and E.

A can be ruled out for using an unidiomatic comparions. If we use "more" (or "less", for that matter), the finishing word must be "than".

B is not parallel: "four times as likely to give...as it is for them..."

C is parallel: "four times more likely to give...than to receive..."


Changing from "more likely" to "as likely" changes the meaning of the sentence as well. "Four times more likely" means an increase of 400%, whereas "four times as likely" means an increase of 300%.
till nw i hv observed, sentences starting with according to ..........
delete the choices starting with it, they or smthing....which refers to smthing..
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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Mon Jun 18, 2012 7:25 am
karthikpandian19 wrote:Bill,

Can you explain the "According to the recent study" modifies what??
Well, the results of the study describe the elderly, so I think we can correctly use that phrase to modify the elderly directly.
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