Traffice Safety Officials

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Traffice Safety Officials

by mmslf75 » Sun Dec 13, 2009 3:44 am
Traffic safety officials predict that drivers will
be equally likely to exceed the proposed speed
limit as the current one.
A. equally likely to exceed the proposed speed
limit as
B. equally likely to exceed the proposed speed
limit as they are
C. equally likely that they will exceed the proposed
speed limit as
D. as likely that they will exceed the proposed
speed limit as
E. as likely to exceed the proposed speed limit
as they are.

OA E
Source 1000 SC (set 26 )




My explanation for E
[spoiler]as likely as - correct idiom.

The Drivers are as likely to exceed the proposed speed limit as they are (to exceed) the current (speed) limit.

The words marked in (.... ) are redundant and hence removed from the above answer choice.[/spoiler]
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by umaa » Sun Dec 13, 2009 4:18 pm
What is your question here?
What we think, we become

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by tanviet » Mon Dec 14, 2009 12:01 am
it is hard to realize grammar error in this sentence. a method is used by gmat

"sb is likely to do" is idiom. " likely that " is wrong. C and D are out

idiom of comparison is "as likely as"

only E is correct.

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by mmslf75 » Mon Dec 14, 2009 12:33 am
umaa wrote:What is your question here?

Is my reasoning right ? see the spoiler..

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by Target2009 » Sun Jan 09, 2011 7:24 pm
+1 to E
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