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Hi kartikc11,
This SC is based on a Comparison (and by extension, a 2-part Parallel phrase); there is one idiom/style rule though.
Any time a prompt implies a comparison, we MUST compare "like" things AND we must do so in Parallel "format" (the "order" of each set of words has to be the same). Here, we're meant to compare "minority graduates" to "other graduates" AND we have to make sure that the format matches.
In answer A, the format is wrong: "minority graduates ARE.....ARE other graduates" is NOT parallel.
The phrase "likely....TO" is the idiom that applies here.
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This SC is based on a Comparison (and by extension, a 2-part Parallel phrase); there is one idiom/style rule though.
Any time a prompt implies a comparison, we MUST compare "like" things AND we must do so in Parallel "format" (the "order" of each set of words has to be the same). Here, we're meant to compare "minority graduates" to "other graduates" AND we have to make sure that the format matches.
In answer A, the format is wrong: "minority graduates ARE.....ARE other graduates" is NOT parallel.
The phrase "likely....TO" is the idiom that applies here.
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A: minority graduates are more likely...in planningAccording to a survey of graduating medical students conducted by the Association of American Medical Colleges, minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice in socioeconomically deprived areas.
(A) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice
(B) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than other graduates who plan on practicing
(C) minority graduates are nearly four times as likely as other graduates to plan on practicing
(D) it is nearly four times more likely that minority graduates rather than other graduates will plan to practice
(E) it is nearly four times as likely for minority graduates than other graduates to plan to practice
Here, likely in planning is unidiomatic.
Correct: X is more likely than Y TO do Z.
Eliminate A.
B: minority graduates are more likely than other graduates who plan on practicing
Here, the comparison is unclear: minority graduates are more likely to do WHAT exactly?
Eliminate B.
D: more likely...rather than
Here, rather is unnecessary and unidiomatic.
It is sufficient to say X is more likely than Y.
Eliminate D.
E: as likely...than
Here, as likely than is unidiomatic.
Correct: X is as likely AS Y.
Eliminate E.
The correct answer is C.
When clauses are compared, the verb in the second clause often precedes the subject.In answer A, the format is wrong: "minority graduates ARE.....ARE other graduates" is NOT parallel.
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The patterns of stress that girls experience ARE more likely to result in depression than ARE those that boys experience.
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