Sentence Correction

Results of a United States study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine have shown college-educated women and women living in the South and West to be significantly more likely to be using supplemental hormones as women living in the Northeast and Midwest.

(A) college-educated women and women living in the South and West to be significantly more likely to be using supplemental hormones as women living
(B) college-educated women and women living in the South and West as significantly more likely to use supplemental hormones than if they are living
(C) college-educated women and those living in the South and West being significantly more likely to use supplemental hormones than if they lived
(D) that college-educated women and women who live in the South and West are significantly more likely to be using supplemental hormones as were women that lived
(E) that college-educated women and women living in the South and West are significantly more likely to use supplemental hormones than women living

imo E

E ?

that is required after shown. Only D and E remain.

D - as were women that lived - tense error, comparison error; more likely to be using - unidiomatic.

Results of a United States study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine have shown college-educated women and women living in the South and West to be significantly more likely to be using supplemental hormones as women living in the Northeast and Midwest.

to Use over to be using .............. eliminate A, D,
1st Living should match with 2nd living (not Lived) ............. eliminate C
"Shown that" is the correct idiom ............ eliminate B

Left with E, I think...

IMO E

karanrulz4ever wrote:IMO E

D is the right answer?

E IMO...

I will go with E