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[rahulg83]

Some surveys on the use of graphics in business presentations indicate that proposals incorporating graphics stand a twenty percent better chance of being approved than the proposals without graphics.

A) a twenty percent better chance of being approved than the proposals
B) a twenty percent better chance of approval in comparison with those
C) a likelihood they will be approved twenty percent greater than those
D) a twenty percent greater likelihood of approval as compared to proposals
E) twenty percent more likelihood of being approved than do those

What's wrong with B? It correctly uses 'compare with' to compare presentations with other presentations. 'those' reflects back to 'surveys'.
OA after discussion..

[California4jx]

Some surveys on the use of graphics in business presentations indicate that proposals incorporating graphics stand a twenty percent better chance of being approve than the proposals without graphics.

A) a twenty percent better chance of being approve than the proposals
B) a twenty percent better chance of approval in comparison with those
C) a likelihood they will be approved twenty percent greater than those
D) a twenty percent greater likelihood of approval as compared to proposals
E) twenty percent more likelihood of being approved than do those

What's wrong with B? It correctly uses 'compare with' to compare presentations with other presentations. 'those' reflects back to 'surveys'.
OA after discussion..

IMO: D --- as it compares the posters itself ..

A - using being - wrong
B - 'with those' -- is wrong comparison since we are comparing any possessive characteristics of an object ... we are comparing object (posters) themselves
C- using ambigous pronoun - they
E- using being .. is wrong

[Mayur Sand]

When a sentence contains "being" most of times that option is ruled out , like (E) choice in above question . Is this a standard rule in gmat where in if see "being" as part of a sentence i will eliminate it

[dendude]

The idiom construct is, stand a .... chance...
So only A & B fit, because only they contain the word chance.
Between A & B, I would pick B too. It uses the compare with correctly and those correctly refers to proposals.
I would have been tempted to pick A had it not been for the article the in front of proposals.

[vaishalijain7]

I think 'B' is wrong because 'better' which is comparative form should take 'than'. I will go for 'A'.

[ket]

IMHO

B is wrong because the a twenty percent better chance is unidiomatic.

and 'compared with' does not necessarily make this sentence correct. I think 'as compared to' is also correct? no?

I would personally go for

D) a twenty percent greater likelihood of approval as compared to proposals

Because it seems to me more correct to say a twenty percent greater likelihood ...

[rs2010]

I will go for A since you have edited the question

[MREC]

I think "B" is the right answer.....

[mehravikas]

I think 'D' it is.

[rahulg83]

OA is A, to end the confusion, but i am still not sure why it is better than B..
I don't have the OE..

[priyank12]

I also chose B until I realised that B would have been a correct option if in verb -ing might have been used......it should have been "better chance of getting approved in comparison"

[Kenen750]

I chose "A" by POE.

"B" is wrong because B says "better----with---. this is unidiomatic.

C is wrong as it is redundant.

D is wrong as "of approval" is wrong. It should be "for approval" idiomatically..

Finally "E" is wrong as "than do those" is wrong. It shouldve been "than those" as we are comparing proposals.

[rahulg83]

OA is A

[rs2010]

Some surveys on the use of graphics in business presentations indicate that proposals incorporating graphics stand a twenty percent better chance of being approved than the proposals without graphics.

A) a twenty percent better chance of being approved than the proposals
B) a twenty percent better chance of approval in comparison with those
C) a likelihood they will be approved twenty percent greater than those
D) a twenty percent greater likelihood of approval as compared to proposals
E) twenty percent more likelihood of being approved than do those

What's wrong with B? It correctly uses 'compare with' to compare presentations with other presentations. 'those' reflects back to 'surveys'.
OA after discussion..

Normally we say this thing has better chance of getting approved so being is working as getting.

In choice B chance of approval is wordy
In C stand a likelyhood is not correct...
In D greater goes on the same not when we have certain and countable numbers...
In E those is not correct...well this might be correct to certain extent but when we need to choose between A and E, I guess A is better to rely on.

[Bhattu]

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