(A) the elderly in the United States are four times more likely to give regular financial aid to their children as
(B) the elderly in the United States are four times as likely to give regular financial aid to their children as it is for them
(C) the elderly in the United States are four times more likely to give regular financial aid to their children than
(D) it is four times more likely for the elderly in the United States to give regular financial aid to their children than they are
(E) it is four times as likely that the elderly in the United States will give their children regular financial aid as they are
Solution:
Parallelism*
The correct usages are “more…than” and “as…as”.
A can be eliminated for the use of “more….as”
B is wordy due to use of “as it is for them”.
D is wrong because of unnecessary use of “they are”.
E is not parallel because of “as likely that….as they are”
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