Although people in France consume fatty foods at a rate comparable to

(A) people in France consume fatty foods at a rate comparable to the United States, their

1) error of comparison: "a rate comparable to the United States". "Rate" is being compared with "the US".

2) Redundancy: Although people in France consume fatty foods at a rate comparable to the United States, their death rates from heart disease are far lower in France.

Here, "their" refers to "people in France", Hence the sentence says that people in France have death rates that are lower in France. Do "people in France" have other, higher, rates in other countries?


(B) people in France and the United States consume fatty foods at about the same rate, the

(C) fatty foods are consumed by people in France at a comparable rate to the United States’s, their

1) "their" seems to refer to "fatty foods", which is the subject of the preceding clause. Even if you say "their" can safely refer to "people in France", you will still have the same problem as in (A). Don't forget that "their" must stand for "people in France", not just "people"

2) "United States’s" what? "United States’s fatty foods", "United States’s rate". NOTHING. It is not clear

(D) the rate of fatty foods consumed in France and the United States is about the same, the

1) Let's look at some examples to understand why (D) is wrong.

1) Sherlock Holmes has found the evidence of Jerry killed by Tom.
2) Sherlock Holmes has found the evidence that Jerry has been killed by Tom.

The first says that Sherlock Holmes has found evidence of Jerry, whereas the second says that Sherlock Holmes has found evidence of What Tom has done to Jerry. Hence, The first example does not convey the intended meaning. Likeqwise, (D) suffers from the same meaning problem.

Instead, the sentence should say: "the rate at which foods are consumed"

2) Foods don't have "rates"

(E) the rate of people consuming fatty foods is about the same in France and the United States, the

1) The same problems as in (D)

People of France are compared with the people united states in consuming fatty acid. The correct answer is B.

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(C) fatty foods are consumed by people in France at a comparable rate to the United States’s, their

is "rate to the United States’s" correct? I believe it is. We can say "United State's rate"

Hi Hoozan, while using the possessive form (United States’s in this case) in comparison sentences, we would typically prefer a more parallel construct, before and after the comparison indicator.

For example:

Michael's salary is comparable to Jim's.

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