Sentence Correction

Authoritative parents are more likely than permissive parents to have children who as adolescents are self-confident, high in self-esteem, and responsibly independent.

a.Authoritative parents are more likely than permissive parents to have children who as adolescents are self-confident, high in self-esteem, and responsibly independent.

b.Authoritative parents who are more likely than permissive parents to have adolescent children that are self-confident, high in self-esteem, and responsibly independent.

c.Children of authoritative parents, rather than permissive parents, are the more likely to be self-confident, have a high self-esteem, and to be responsibly independent as adolescents.

d.Children whose parents are authoritative rather than being permissive, are more likely to have self-confidence, a high self-esteem, and be responsibly independent when they are an adolescent.

e.Rather than permissive parents, the children of authoritative parents are the more likely to have self-confidence, a high self-esteem, and to be responsibly independent as an adolescent.


oa is A

I understand why OA is the best choice. My focus here is on two constructions that the choices utilize.

a) Use of X rather than Y is more likely to do something - Is this construction idiomatic ? Rather than already includes the sense of more or better, so i think having both rather than and more likely is redundant.

b) as adolescents in C, when they are an adolescent in D and as an adolescent in E modify ONLY the responsibly independent character of the children but the original intent seems to be to modify each of the three character. Now, is this logic good enough to eliminate choices.