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A study published in the British Medical Journal showed that women who ate nuts more than five times a week were about one third less likely to suffer from coronary heart disease as those who ate no nuts at all.

a) as those who ate

b) as women who ate

c) as those eating

d) than women eating

e) than were those who ate

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02 Oct 2006, 22:36

Need less likely...than, so A and B are out.
C and D are out for verb tense inconsistency (eating)
So E by POE

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02 Oct 2006, 22:37

$uckafr33 wrote:

It is comparing...so "than" should be used...
Out of D and E,,

the verb in E makes sense..
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kripalkavi wrote:

Need less likely...than, so A and B are out.
C and D are out for verb tense inconsistency (eating)
So E by POE

agree with logic above

between D and E- 'who ate' is the key for E

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03 Oct 2006, 01:05

E....

all the above comments for E + parallelism... ...that women who ate nuts more than five times a week were....than were those...

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03 Oct 2006, 01:10

SimaQ wrote:

E....

all the above comments for E + parallelism... ...that women who ate nuts more than five times a week were....than were those...

yes - you right

although- the on the way to broke this question dont need that

simply- its comparison question- ' more than'....'likely' which gives you D or E.

and then between D and E- you see parallelism for 'who ate'

so E

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03 Oct 2006, 05:03

1. parallelism in past tesne
2. likely..than

E is my answer.
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03 Oct 2006, 06:54

Two critical elements in this sentence:

women who....than those who...

more than...

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