Sentence Correction

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

Comparison questions are now even coming in my dreams..the horrible one..don't know when i gain some confidence in such questions..really struggling with these type of questions...

IMO E .

as likely ... as .

I think this option does the correct comparison.

Traffic safety officials predict that drivers will be equally likely to exceed the proposed speed limit as the current one.

I believe that (A) is wrong because it compares drivers to speed limit.

IMO it's between B and E, I would pick E because of idiom "as likely to" vs "equally likely to"

(B) Drivers will be equally likely to exceed X limit as they are [exceeding] the current one

(E) Drivers will be as likely to exceed X as they are [exceeding] the current cone

I would go with A because the sentence ends in "current one" but the action verb "do" is hidden and which we need to add.................wats the OA????

"Likely that" is incorrect. "likely to" is the correct form. So, C and D are out.
"equally ...as" is an incorrect structure. "Equally" should be used alone.
So, A and B are out.

IMO E

atulmangal wrote: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

Comparison questions are now even coming in my dreams..the horrible one..don't know when i gain some confidence in such questions..really struggling with these type of questions...

The pronoun "They" is ambiguous in ABCD.

They is the subject, and both officials and drivers are the subjects.

A should be correct.

Answer should be E . what is the OA ?

They is not ambiguous. Usage of equally is incorrect .

IMO E: Just to add, We can eliminate A C D cause all choice have "as" and we know As + Clause is correct sentence structure. That used correctly in B & E only.


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IMO: A. 'They' in the options B,C,D,E is ambigous.

atulmangal wrote: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

Comparison questions are now even coming in my dreams..the horrible one..don't know when i gain some confidence in such questions..really struggling with these type of questions...

In A, B and C, equally...as is not idiomatic.

Correct: X and Y are equally qualified.
Correct: X is as qualified as Y.
Incorrect: X is equally qualified as Y.

Eliminate A, B and C.

In D, as likely that is not idiomatic. The correct idiom is X is likely to Y. Eliminate D.

The correct answer is E.

Hi Mitch,

to what is this 'one' refering to?

Hi GMATGuruNY,

What is "they" refering to in option E???????

One = speed limit.
They = drivers.
To exceed is omitted but is understood.

...drivers are as likely to exceed the proposed speed limit as they (the drivers) are [to exceed] the current one (speed limit).

E use the right Idiom

OA is E guys