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<p>1) Annual visitors (to) NYC's central park (number) (almost) ten times (that of mount rushmore).
I got E...
2) researchers have found that large fish (are most likely to contain high levels of mercury than small fish).
a) same as above
b) are more likely to contain high levels of mercury compared to small fish
c)are more likely than small fish to contain high levels of mercury
d)compared with small fish most likely contain high levels of mercury
e)more likely contain higher levels of mercury than small fish]
I got A</p>

<p>If u can help me, that would be great! Thanks!</p>

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<p>oh, just got #1. It should be those of…</p>

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<p>I’d go with “C” for #2.</p>

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<p>that is correct… why is that? What is the rule?</p>

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<p>“are most likely” and “than” don’t go together, which rules out option A.
“are more likely” has to be followed by “than”, which rules out option B.
Option D needs commas somewhere in there to make it make sense…
And option E is " large fish more likely"…this doesn’t make sense, you have to have the word “are” in between “fish” and “more”</p>

<p>Therefore, the only option left is “C”.</p>

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<p>When comparing two quantities use more. When comparing three or more quantities use most.</p>

<p>It doesn’t make sense to use “compare” together with “more” with “most”. The comparison is implicit.</p>