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by westham » Tue Feb 08, 2011 4:41 pm
The Arthritis Research Institute of America advises women of color that they have twice the likelihood to get osteoarthritis of the knee as do White women.

A.that they have twice the likelihood to get osteoarthritis of the knee as do White women
B.that they are twice as likely as White women to get osteoarthritis of the knee
C.that their likelihood of getting osteoarthritis of the knee is twice as much as White women
D.of being twice as likely as White women to get osteoarthritis of the knee
E.of having twice the likelihood of getting osteoarthritis of the knee as White women

OA:B, why is A incorrect?
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by Tani » Tue Feb 08, 2011 4:44 pm
The idioms are "likelihood of getting" and "likely to get". ""Likelihood to get" is un-idiomatic.
Tani Wolff
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