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Hi AndrewN.

I understand that this isn’t an official gmac question, but I was wondering wether b is idiomatic (are at risk) and d is not (have risk), or am I making stuff up in my mind? Would appreciate your view on this question, and what to do when you are not sure of a idiomatic structure, as that remains my only concern in SC, for now. Thanks in advance!

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Hello, Shikhar22. Either families... are at a reduced risk or families... have a reduced risk could work here. To be honest, I prefer the former. But the end of (B), as soon as I laid eyes on it, dissuaded me from choosing that answer. It reminded me of the following split from an official question:

1) decrease in size versus smaller (LINK)

Idioms can be tricky, so I typically like to look to other considerations to pit one answer choice against another. (Always look for an easy out.)

I hope that helps. Thank you for thinking to ask.

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