Too many "to's"?

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Can someone please tell me of another way to write this scentence? 

 

"a higher percentage of participants * would claim to be willing to * socialise with an individual exhibiting negative symptoms"

 

The part I placed between * is the one I'm not sure of.

Thank you in advance :)

asked Oct 02 '12 at 04:35 eduardo New member

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I agree that more is an excellent replacement for a higher percentage of. To solve the "to-to" issue you could write one of the following:

 

More participants would be willing to socialise with an individual exhibiting negative symptoms.

 

More participants would indicate their willingness to socialise with an individual exhibiting negative symptoms. (Perhaps a little wordy.)

 

More participants would be comfortable socialising with an individual exhibiting negative symptoms.

link answered Oct 02 '12 at 06:21 Peter Guess Expert

"More participants would indicate their willingness to socialise with an individual exhibiting negative symptoms. " This one is great, thank you very much.

eduardoOct 02 '12 at 06:55

You're welcome, Eduardo.

Peter GuessOct 02 '12 at 09:16

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You can try to replace "a higher percentage of participants" with "More"

More participants  would claim to be willing to  socialise with an individual exhibiting negative symptoms.

link answered Oct 02 '12 at 05:19 sanjay Expert

Sounds good, thanks.So to make sure, there is nothing wrong with "would claim to be willing to"?

eduardoOct 02 '12 at 06:02

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