Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentences test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A. If not, select one of the other choices.

Studies suggest that among the children born in Hiroshima and Nagasaki the rates of genetic mutation and susceptibility to cancer are ten times more prevalent as in the children born elsewhere in Japan.

  1. the rates of genetic mutation and susceptibility to cancer are ten times more prevalent as in

  2. the rates of genetic mutation and susceptibility to cancer are ten times more prevalent than in

  3. the rates of genetic mutation and susceptibility to cancer are ten times more prevalent when compared to

  4. genetic mutation and susceptibility to cancer are ten times more prevalent as when compared to

  5. genetic mutation and susceptibility to cancer are ten times more prevalent than in
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E Correct answer
Explanation

Correct. The option correctly compares prevalence of genetic mutation and susceptibility to cancer in two groups.

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