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Some psychiatric studies indicate that among distinguished artists 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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 [#permalink] New post 23 May 2006, 10:12
It is the depression that is prevalent , not the rate so only D and E could be considered. D has awkward as prevalent when compared to so E it is.
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Re: SC - Manic Depression [#permalink] New post 23 May 2006, 10:32
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Some psychiatric studies indicate that among distinguished artists 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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"E". Depression, and not "Rates of manic depression" are prevalent. Thus, only choices left are "D" and "E". And "D" has an incorrect idiom "as...when".
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 [#permalink] New post 24 May 2006, 21:59
Will go with E.

A/B/C are out because it gives the meaning that the rates are prevalent not the actual disease.

Between D and E D is unidomatic with "as prevalent when "

Hence E
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