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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.
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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 to practice
E. it is nearly four times as likely for minority graduates than other graduates to plan to practice
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i prefer B
because the idiom should be ``sb is (more) likely (than sb) to do sth.
for A and B i think there's no need to change the sentence into a clause, and its meaning also not clear, so eliminate.
D and E is redundant. and the word `it` is not clear what it stand for.
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Re: SC - Medical graduates [#permalink]
30 Oct 2007, 08:44
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. ''
B. minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than other graduates who plan on practicing
Correct - use of Idiom more...than
C. minority graduates are nearly four times as likely as other graduates to plan on practicing
Incorrect - Idiom as...as shows only comparison (equal possibility) while more...than shows preference over comparison
D. it is nearly four times more likely that minority graduates rather than other graduates will plan to practice
Incorrect - Improper use of Idioms
E. it is nearly four times as likely for minority graduates than other graduates to plan to practice
Incorrect - Improper use of as
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OA is A
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Re: SC - Medical graduates [#permalink]
30 Oct 2007, 18:55
Definitely C is the correct answer. The reason is that "likely to do" is being used as an idoim. Just imagine a sentence with likely but without "to do x" or "that" following likely. It would look like a fragmented sentence.
Then somebody can pop a question "why not D?". It is better to choos a concise one rather than wordy one. If you can reduce the number of words while conveying the meaning clearly, that is the best choice.
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Re: SC - Medical graduates [#permalink]
31 Oct 2007, 06:45
OlgaN wrote: spider wrote: yuefei 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. ''
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 to practice
E. it is nearly four times as likely for minority graduates than other graduates to plan to practice I went for C too..... So, you think OA is wrong? I thought "as likely as" was idiomatic. I felt "to plan" was better than "in planning" in regards to the sentence above.
What were your thoughts?
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I am also confused with A and C. We know B, D and E are not good choices.
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