Although people in France consume fatty foods at a rate

Question

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.

A. people in France consume fatty foods at a rate comparable to the United States, their
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 Statesâ€™s, their
D. the rate of fatty foods consumed in France and the United States is about the same, the
E. the rate of people consuming fatty foods is about the same in France and the United States, the

Iawfy · Answer

I like D better because it's more parallal
the rate...the rate

dwivedys · Answer

But it cannot be the "rate of fatty foods" which is consumed; only the fatty foods can be.

Grooby · Answer

isn't it the rate of "fatty food consumed" not "rate of fatty food" consumed. so D should be right and follow the parallelism rule.

Priyah · Answer

B and D are driving me crazy!...I cant find any reason to eliminate either of the two. If its a 2 min decision, I wud eliminate D bcoz its more wordy.

arjsingh1976 · Answer

I will pick up D.

In B, shouldn't there be 'the' before France as it is before United States 

B. people in France and  the  United States consume fatty foods at about the same rate, the

dwivedys · Answer

can the "fatty food consumed" logically have a rate? I can only imagine a rate of consumption of something -- but once consumed, it ceases to have a rate.

karlfurt · Answer

Go with B because comparison correct.

D: the rate of X is the same (as what). Seems as if there were only one rate of foods consumed in both France and USA.

Iawfy · Answer

Thank you karlfurt,
I like your explaination, but I'd like to argue that here the correct idiom(if you would call it) would be the rate of X AND Y is about the same, see the comparison?
I'm looking forward to see your comment on this^^

KC · Answer

A lot of good arguments.. =)

My choice was D for this question, but ANSWER is B =)

jade3 · Answer

"the rate of fatty foods consumed" seems as if the rate is consumed.

Is that the reason why D is a wrong choice and B wins?

Please somebody chip in

Casinoking · Answer

"B"

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Although people in France consume fatty foods at a rate

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