hutch27 wrote:According to a survey of graduating medical students conducted by the Association of American Medical Colleges, minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice in socioeconomically deprived areas.

(A) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice

>> "likely ... in" is incorrect. It should be "likely to".

Fake split: "four time more likely" = 5 <> "four times as likely" = 4
Fake split: "plan on doing something" vs "plan to do something", both are fine.

(B) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than other graduates who plan on practicing
>> it still should be "likely to"
Moreover, if we exclude "who plan on...", we will get strange sentence "minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than other graduates"

(C) minority graduates are nearly four times as likely as other graduates to plan on practicing
>> This one is ok.

(D) it is nearly four times more likely that minority graduates rather than other graduates will plan to practice
>> "more" requires "than"

(E) it is nearly four times as likely for minority graduates than other graduates to plan to practice
>> Two problems: 1) "as" is required instead of "than" 2) "FOR minority graduates" is compared with "other graduates" without FOR. Ellipses (Word Omitting) can not be justified here.

I hope it helps.

challenger63 wrote: (B) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than other graduates who plan on practicing
>> "plan to" not "plan on"

(C) minority graduates are nearly four times as likely as other graduates to plan on practicing
>> This one is ok.

nisagl750 wrote:

challenger63 wrote: (B) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than other graduates who plan on practicing
>> "plan to" not "plan on"

(C) minority graduates are nearly four times as likely as other graduates to plan on practicing
>> This one is ok.

Hi Challenger,

Can you please explain, why plan on in statement B is wrong and plan on in statement C is correct?

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nisagl

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