Financial aid

[skaria]

According to a recent study, the elderly in the United States are four times more likely to give regular financial aid to their children as to receive it from them. (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

© 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

[AsterixCyprus]

IMO C. Maintains parallelism

'four times more likely to give....than to receive it"

 

e.g. Giant tsunamis are more likely to hit the US Pacific coast than to hit Asia.

[kewlnut]

Correct use of idiom .......C

[gmattrap]

D: the elderly are 4 times more likely than..

[catchamogh]

IMO C... clear n concise

[sandeep_142]

I think C and D have same meaning.

 

I would go with C becoz it is concise

[Orange08]

for me its C

[playitcool]

C it is

[gmattrap]

couldn't have been D - "it is four times..." is awkward

C ofcourse

[Achievers]

C for me too

D is incorrect: "it is......" not required and "they are" in the ned is not required.