大全-21-11

littleblues

11.   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.

(A) the rates of manic depression and major depression are ten to thirteen times as prevalent as in

(B) the rates of manic depression and major depression are ten to thirteen times more prevalent than in

(C) the rates of manic depression and major depression are ten to thirteen times more prevalent when compared to

(D) manic depression and major depression are ten to thirteen times as prevalent when compared to（E）

(E) manic depression and major depression are ten to thirteen times more prevalent than in

I choose B, but the answer is E. Is the answer right?

littleblues

Oh...seems I know why. It is because the word "prevalent".

The "depression" can be prevalent, but the "rates" cannot be prevalent.

huskygal

主要是通过是否简洁来排除.E自然比AB都简洁

littleblues

No, the "correctness" is more important than the "effectiveness" in this

question. pls see my explanation on the 2nd Floor.

lansha8uo

主要是。。。意思是，除了那个，另外一个错误更容易看出来。

前提是在句子正确的情况下.而E显然没什么错误。如果你看不出B的错误，是不是就该选E了？
这是我那句话要表达的意思。