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by gmat_perfect » Sat Sep 25, 2010 2:24 am
According to a 1996 study published in the Journal of Human Resources, Americans of Middle Eastern descent were twice as likely as was the national average to be self-employed.

(A) as was the national average to be self-employed
(B) as the average American to be self-employed
(C) as the national average that they would be self-employed
(D) to be self-employed than was the average American
(E) that they would be self-employed than was the national average

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by niksworth » Sat Sep 25, 2010 7:23 am
B ?

as likely as is the correct idiom.

A, B and C are contenders.

A and C incorrectly compare Americans of Middle Eastern descent with the national average
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by akhpad » Sat Sep 25, 2010 12:08 pm
yes B is right

A is not required
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