Beat The GMAT

leo · Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:24 pm

One noted economist has made a comparison of the Federal Reserve and an automobile as racing through a tunnel, bouncing first off one wall, then the other; the car may get where it is going, but people may be hurt in the process.
(A) made a comparison of the Federal Reserve and an automobile as racing through a tunnel, bouncing
(B) made a comparison between the Federal Reserve and an automobile racing through a tunnel, bouncing
(C) compared the Federal Reserve with an automobile as racing through a tunnel and which bounced
(D) compared the Federal Reserve to an automobile racing through a tunnel, bouncing
(E) compared the Federal Reserve with an automobile that races through a tunnel and it bounces

Answer is D or E? Pl explain

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jayhawk2001 · Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:44 pm

A has multiple errors. "comparison of" is incorrect. "as racing" is
inappropriate while doing comparison

"compared to" is used when showing similarities
"compared with" is used to show differences

Hence C and E are incorrect.

B, I believe is verbose. "has compared" is preferred to "has made a
comparison between". The present perfect tense here indicates that
he's still making the comparison ...

So, D looks like the correct answer.