Some Surveys on the use of graphics in business

Dear VaibhavWadhera,

You don't give the source, and quite frankly, I don't think too highly of this question. First of all, the phrase "twenty percent better chance" is very colloquial and casual, and doesn't strike me as the formal language one would find on GMAT SC. Furthermore, since the first part of the comparison is an action ("proposals incorporating graphics stand a twenty percent better chance of being approved"), it would be very much unlike the GMAT simply to have a simple noun ("proposals" or "those") after the the word "than." Choice (A), the OA here, takes a sloppy and colloquial solution to the comparison, and this falls far short of the standard of the GMAT Sentence Correction.

We want to abbreviate an entire verb phrase. See this blog:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2013/repeating- ... -the-gmat/
I believe the GMAT-worthy correct version of this sentence would be
Some Surveys on the use of graphics in business presentations indicate that proposals incorporating graphics stand a twenty percent better chance of being approved than do those without graphics.
but this is not a choice in this low quality question.

Here's a higher quality GMAT SC practice question:
https://gmat.magoosh.com/questions/3221
When you submit your answer, the following page will have both a video explanation and a text explanation.

Let me know if you have any questions.
Mike
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Some Surveys on the use of graphics in business presentations indicate that proposals incorporating graphics stand a twenty percent better chance of being approved than proposals without graphics.

A.) a twenty percent better chance of being approved than proposals
B.) a twenty percent better chance of approval in comparison with those
C.) a likelihood they will be approved twenty percent greater than those
D.) a twenty percent greater likelihood of approval as compared to proposals
E.) twenty percent more likelihood of being approved than do those
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abhimahna

I didn't understand why D is incorrect. I was infact stuck in between B and D. The answer turned out to be A

Hey prateek176 ,

This question is using the idiom "better ... than ". . So, wherever we have incorrect idiom that option will be incorrect.

Hence, option B is out.

Now, similarly, the correct idiom is greater than or smaller than. Hence, option D is also using incorrect idiom.

Does that make sense?
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Hi, I am confused why the likelihood in option D in incorrect in the question. While solving the question, I felt that likelihood of getting approved sounds better than chance. I would also know what are the different ways to eliminate options B to E. Thanks!

Can someone please explain why option E is incorrect? I was able to eliminate options B and D because of absence of "than". And was able to eliminate C because of improper sentence construction. But, I don't understand why option E is incorrect or a better choice than option A.

{Think you mean why A is a better choice than option E}

"stand twenty percent more likelihood" is unidiomatic. A likelihood is something that *is*, not something one *stands*.
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Is it good to say that " 20% better chance" or "20% greater chance".

Hello thakurarun85,

We hope this finds you well.

To resolve your query, both "better" and "greater" are entirely acceptable adjectives to use alongside the noun "chance".

We hope this helps.
All the best!
Experts' Global Team
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Thanks for a response. Much appreciate.

I have the following thought process.

(c) 'stand a likelihood' is incorrect.
(d) 'greater likelihood of approval' too complicated and wordy
(e) same as c

Now we are left with options A and B.
I selected A because 'stand a chance of being approved' sounds better than 'stand a chance of approval'. In fact B would sounds better as 'have a chance of approval'.

This is pure instinctual thinking!