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clock60: Legendary Member; Posts: 759; Joined: Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:15 amFollowed by: 3 members; Thanked: 85 times

by clock60 » Sat Oct 23, 2010 9:39 am

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
b)minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than other graduates who plan on practicing
c)minority graduates are nearly four times as likely as other graduates to plan on practicing
d)it is nearly four times more likely that minority graduates rather than other graduates will plan tio practice
e)it is nearly four times as likely for minority graduates than other graduates to plan to practice

guys help with this one in particular with A,B,C i am confused!

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by akhpad » Sat Oct 23, 2010 10:11 am

among A, B, and C
I can see that "likely to" makes sense

C is the answer.

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by gmat_perfect » Sat Oct 23, 2010 10:12 am

clock60 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
b)minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than other graduates who plan on practicing
c)minority graduates are nearly four times as likely as other graduates to plan on practicing
d)it is nearly four times more likely that minority graduates rather than other graduates will plan tio practice
e)it is nearly four times as likely for minority graduates than other graduates to plan to practice

guys help with this one in particular with A,B,C i am confused!

The basic:

Comparison needs both sides parallel:

Example:

He is taller than I am.
==> He is taller than I.----> It is also correct, and GMAT likes to keep understood the second verb if any one of the following is NOT true:
1. There is a tense shift:
Example:
The price of rice is more than it was 10 years ago.
--> see here is a tense shift. 10 years ago cannot be "is".
2. There is no ambiguity in meaning:
Example:
I know more about Amartya Sen than my brother.
Here there are two possible meanings:
One: I know more about Amartya Sen than about my brother.
Two: I know more about Amartya Sen than my brother does. [Maybe my brother is not interested to know about Amartya Sen]

Now, come to the sentence:

In the options A and B, none of the above exceptions are possible because the tense is same, and the meaning will be okay without mentioning the second verb "ARE".
--> This kills A and B.

I think you know why D and E are not correct.

Again:

One point in the correct option C is correct "to plan".

Thanks.

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by clock60 » Sat Oct 23, 2010 10:24 am

akhpad wrote:among A, B, and C
I can see that "likely to" makes sense

C is the answer.

sorry friend don`t undestand at all. can you clarify a little bit more.?

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by akhpad » Sat Oct 23, 2010 10:31 am

clock60 wrote:
akhpad wrote:among A, B, and C
I can see that "likely to" makes sense

C is the answer.
sorry friend don`t undestand at all. can you clarify a little bit more.?

Among A, B, and C, I can see issue in only idiomatic usage at end of the underline portions.

in planning to practice => A
who plan on practicing => B
to plan on practicing => C

C matches with "likely to".

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by clock60 » Sat Oct 23, 2010 11:20 am

hi gmat_perfect
thank you for your reply.
but is still have doubts: in B there is no second are, but it is incorrect, and what is idiomatic usage of the verb to plan is the usage of to plan as in C :to plan on ...ing universal?
will be the A right with omitting second are?

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by clock60 » Sat Oct 23, 2010 11:31 am

and the last question, is the difference in usage between
more likely than and as likely as can be neglected in gmat

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by uwhusky » Sat Oct 23, 2010 12:39 pm

akhpad wrote:
Among A, B, and C, I can see issue in only idiomatic usage at end of the underline portions.

in planning to practice => A
who plan on practicing => B
to plan on practicing => C

C matches with "likely to".

It'll be nice to explain why and how C matches "likely."

https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/post29754.html

Yep.

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by GMATMadeEasy » Sat Oct 23, 2010 4:01 pm

@gmat_perfect :

In the options A and B, none of the above exceptions are possible because the tense is same, and the meaning will be okay without mentioning the second verb "ARE".
--> This kills A and B

Are you sure of this ? could you give a concrete gmatprep or OG example ? I suspect GMAT will make us kill an AC based on this.

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by niksworth » Sat Oct 23, 2010 8:14 pm

The reasons why A and B are incorrect -

A - in planning to practice - unidiomatic
B - who plan on practicing changes the meaning - It modifies the second set of graduates. Minority graduates are 4 times more likely than other graduates to do what is unclear.

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