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Some psychiatric studies indicate that among distinguished scholars the rates of manic depression and major depression are ten to thirteen times as prevalent as in the population at large.
(A) the rates of manic depression and major depression are ten to thirteen times as prevalent as in
(B) the rates of manic depression and major depression are ten to thirteen times more prevalent than in
(C) the rates of manic depression and major depression are ten to thirteen times more prevalent when compared to
(D) manic depression and major depression are ten to thirteen times as prevalent when compared to
(E) manic depression and major depression are ten to thirteen times more prevalent than in
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'the rates of' in a,b and c appear to be not nescessary
D changes the meaning of the sentence slightly
E seems best to me.
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you are correct ywilfred. But why is "the rates of" unecessary? "the rates of manic depression" is different from "manic depression".
Also how is D 's meaning different?
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E)...the right idiom is "rates for" and not "rates of". A),B) and C) are out. D) is out b/c "as...when" is wrong. its "as...as". E) uses the right expression "more than".
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E for me.
the rate can not be prevalent. So A, B, and C out.
(D) manic depression and major depression are ten to thirteen times as prevalent when compared to: awkward and ungrammartical
(E) manic depression and major depression are ten to thirteen times more prevalent than in: The BEST
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A, B, C out coz we can use the rate: prevalent
D: should be one more"as" and when compared to: inappropiate conjunction
E as it is
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I just read the idiom list "rates of" is unidiomatic
"rates for" is idiomatic
Is "rate of" and "rate for" both idiomatic?
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joemama142000 wrote: you are correct ywilfred. But why is "the rates of" unecessary? "the rates of manic depression" is different from "manic depression". Also how is D 's meaning different? the comparision is between the scholars' manic depression and major depression and polulation's manic depression and major depression, not the "rates of scholars' manic depression and major depression and population's manic depression and major depression". D is unidiomatic. the idiom is "as prevalant as....". joemama142000 wrote: Some psychiatric studies indicate that among distinguished scholars the rates of manic depression and major depression are ten to thirteen times as prevalent as in the population at large.
(A) the rates of manic depression and major depression are ten to thirteen times as prevalent as in
(B) the rates of manic depression and major depression are ten to thirteen times more prevalent than in
(C) the rates of manic depression and major depression are ten to thirteen times more prevalent when compared to
(D) manic depression and major depression are ten to thirteen times as prevalent when compared to
(E) manic depression and major depression are ten to thirteen times more prevalent than in
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yup the rates of in A and B is redundant.
E is the right choice.
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Between B and E, I`ll take E because it is less wordy/redundant.
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E
The rate and then 10 to 13 times is not correct. E correctly does the comparision.
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The rates con not be prevalent. Eliminate A, B and C. D is not correct because ir doesn't use the correct idiom. therefore E is the best answer.
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