Hi Capnx,heshamelaziry wrote:capnx wrote:OA is[spoiler] A[/spoiler]capnx wrote:here's another one
St. John's, Newfoundland, lies on the same latitude as Paris, France, but in spring St. John's residents are less likely to be sitting at outdoor cafes than to be bracing themselves against arctic chills, shoveling snow, or seeking shelter from a raging northeast storm.
(A) residents are less likely to be sitting at outdoor cafes than to be bracing themselves against arctic chills, shoveling snow, or seeking
(B) residents are less likely to sit at outdoor cafes, and more to be brace themselves against arctic chills, shovel snow, or be seeking
(C) residents are less likely to be sitting at outdoor cafes, and more likely to be bracing themselves against arctic chills, shoveling snow, or to be seeking
(D) residents, instead of sitting at outdoor cafes, they are more likely to be brace themselves against arctic chills, shovel snow, or seek
(E) residents, instead of sitting at outdoor cafes, are more likely to brace themselves against arctic chills, shovel snow, or to be seeking
A and C are grammatically correct. Why C is wrong ? I don't understand the difference in meaning ?
Well I think the only reason C can be wrong is that the idiomatic expression is less likely to do this.... than to do that...which automatically means ' the person is less like to do one thing and more likely to do another'... so saying less likely and more likely may not be required.
Also if you carefully read sentence A:
residents are less likely to be sitting at outdoor cafes than to be bracing themselves against arctic chills, shoveling snow, or seeking
It means that residents are less likely to be sitting at outdoor cafes ...than... to be doing x or y or z....
Whereas,
C conveys:
residents are less likely to be sitting at outdoor cafes, and more likely to be bracing themselves against arctic chills, shoveling snow, or to be seeking
that residents are more like to do x and y or z...
Therefore C does change the meaning to an extent....
