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ok...here's the example that stumped me
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oops!! I also chose B in GMATPrep

A. Object is "minority graduates" so "are" is wrong in A.
both B and C rectify comparison but B lacks the idiomatic for "likely to". Hence C is best.
"it" is unnecessary in D and E.
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Pls let me know how to paste attachment on mail body ..i m not ble ato figure out how to go about it ..
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ok...here's the example that stumped me
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Y is 4 times as likely as x means - - - - > y is 5 times x


Y is 4 times more likely than x means - - - - > y is 4 times x

Don't worry about this distinction in GMAT verbal section.

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Y is 4 times as likely as x means - - - - > y is 5 times x


Y is 4 times more likely than x means - - - - > y is 4 times x

Don't worry about this distinction in GMAT verbal section.

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Stumped by the same question, and after looking into this quite a bit, I believe it is the reverse of the answer quoted above;
If we say "Y is 4 times as likely (or as much) as X" ---> Y = 4X
But if we say "Y is 4 times more likely than X" ---> Y= 4X + X = 5X

Either way, sumit411 is right in that the distinction here does not matter. Because the correct idiom is: "more likely than" / "as likely as" .... "to" - which only (C) gets right in the OG question we are referring to. Upon selecting the grammatically correct answer, we can conclude the intended meaning was "four times as likely as"
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