Multiple choice

Directions: The following question presents a sentence, part of which or all of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

Some psychiatric studies indicate that among distinguished artists the rates of manic depression and major depression are ten to thirteen times as prevalent as in the population at large.

  1. the rates of manic depression and major depression are ten to thirteen times as prevalent as in

  2. the rates of manic depression and major depression are ten to thirteen times more prevalent than in

  3. the rates of manic depression and major depression are ten to thirteen times more prevalent when compared to

  4. manic depression and major depression are ten to thirteen times as prevalent when compared to

  5. manic depression and major depression are ten to thirteen times more prevalent than in
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E Correct answer
Explanation

The correct comparison structure requires "more prevalent than" when comparing rates between two groups. Option E correctly uses "manic depression and major depression are ten to thirteen times more prevalent than in" - it uses the noun phrases as subjects, uses the correct comparative "more prevalent than," and maintains proper parallelism with the population at large.

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