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by BTGmoderatorDC » Thu Feb 15, 2018 5:21 am
As the United States Census showed, college graduates are five times more likely to own houses as to own apartments.

(A) college graduates are five times more likely to own houses as
(B) college graduates are five times as likely to own houses as it is for them
(C) college graduates are five times more likely to own houses than
(D) it is five times more likely for college graduates to own houses than they are
(E) it is five times as likely that college graduates will own houses as they are

Can we reject choice D based on some logic or grammar error?

OA C
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by GMATGuruNY » Sun Feb 25, 2018 4:05 am
lheiannie07 wrote:As the United States Census showed, college graduates are five times more likely to own houses as to own apartments.

(A) college graduates are five times more likely to own houses as
(B) college graduates are five times as likely to own houses as it is for them
(C) college graduates are five times more likely to own houses than
(D) it is five times more likely for college graduates to own houses than they are
(E) it is five times as likely that college graduates will own houses as they are
A: more likely to own houses as to own apartments
Here, as is unidiomatic.
Correct: more likely to do X THAN to do Y
Eliminate A.

B: as likely to own...as it is
D: more likely for college...than they are
E: as likely that college...as they are
In each of these options, the portion in red is not parallel with the portion in blue.
Eliminate B, D and E.

The correct answer is C.
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