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GPREP qn.

by aj5105 » Thu Nov 13, 2008 2:35 am
In contrast to ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States trade deficit with Mexico declined by $500 million as a result of record exports to that country.

(A) In contrast to ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States trade deficit with Mexico declined by $500 million as a result of record exports to that country.


(B) In contrast to ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States sold record exports to Mexico, reducing its trade deficit by $500 million.

(C) When compared with ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States sold record exports to Mexico, reducing their trade deficit by $500 million.

(D) Compared with ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States sold record exports to Mexico, reducing the trade deficit by $500 million.

(E) Compared to ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States record exports to Mexico caused a $500 million decline in the trade deficit with that country.
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Re: GPREP qn.

by logitech » Thu Nov 13, 2008 2:51 am
In contrast to ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States trade deficit with Mexico declined by $500 million as a result of record exports to that country.[/u]

(A) In contrast to ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States trade deficit with Mexico declined by $500 million as a result of record exports to that country.


(B) In contrast to ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States sold record exports to Mexico, reducing its trade deficit by $500 million.

(C) When compared with ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States sold record exports to Mexico, reducing their trade deficit by $500 million.

(D) Compared with ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States sold record exports to Mexico, reducing the trade deficit by $500 million.

(E) Compared to ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States record exports to Mexico caused a $500 million decline in the trade deficit with that country.[/quote]

sold record exports does not make any sense - B, C, D gone

Between A and E

Compared to, past participle, alters the meaning and also cause a decline is not idiomatic

A survives.
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by karmayogi » Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:54 am
IMO A.

Only A correctly compares "trade imbalances" with "trade deficit."
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by amitabhprasad » Thu Nov 13, 2008 7:26 am
@Logitech,

Isn't compare to is used to show resemblances between unlike things ?
If we consider that. We will be left with only "A"
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by mmslf75 » Sun Dec 20, 2009 11:40 am
logitech wrote:In contrast to ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States trade deficit with Mexico declined by $500 million as a result of record exports to that country.[/u]

(A) In contrast to ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States trade deficit with Mexico declined by $500 million as a result of record exports to that country.


(B) In contrast to ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States sold record exports to Mexico, reducing its trade deficit by $500 million.

(C) When compared with ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States sold record exports to Mexico, reducing their trade deficit by $500 million.

(D) Compared with ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States sold record exports to Mexico, reducing the trade deficit by $500 million.

(E) Compared to ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States record exports to Mexico caused a $500 million decline in the trade deficit with that country.
sold record exports does not make any sense - B, C, D gone

Between A and E

Compared to, past participle, alters the meaning and also cause a decline is not idiomatic

A survives.[/quote]

For all I know is :
>he compared her to a sunny day
Compare unlike things
>the police compared the forged signature on paper with the signature on cheque
Compare two like things

What abt "In contrast to" ???
Is "In contrast to" equivalent to "Compared with"

I see OA as A
Implies we are comparing two like things...

Wat say

Is "In contrast to" equivalent to "Compared with"
??
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by maihuna » Sun Dec 20, 2009 1:38 pm
wow was just talking to aj5105 some day back he has got admission...sad man people with so many posts even didn't post there goodbye messages...
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by mmslf75 » Thu Dec 24, 2009 9:58 am
mmslf75 wrote:
logitech wrote:In contrast to ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States trade deficit with Mexico declined by $500 million as a result of record exports to that country.[/u]

(A) In contrast to ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States trade deficit with Mexico declined by $500 million as a result of record exports to that country.


(B) In contrast to ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States sold record exports to Mexico, reducing its trade deficit by $500 million.

(C) When compared with ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States sold record exports to Mexico, reducing their trade deficit by $500 million.

(D) Compared with ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States sold record exports to Mexico, reducing the trade deficit by $500 million.

(E) Compared to ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States record exports to Mexico caused a $500 million decline in the trade deficit with that country.
sold record exports does not make any sense - B, C, D gone

Between A and E

Compared to, past participle, alters the meaning and also cause a decline is not idiomatic

A survives.
For all I know is :
>he compared her to a sunny day
Compare unlike things
>the police compared the forged signature on paper with the signature on cheque
Compare two like things

What abt "In contrast to" ???
Is "In contrast to" equivalent to "Compared with"

I see OA as A
Implies we are comparing two like things...

Wat say

Is "In contrast to" equivalent to "Compared with"
??[/quote]


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by lunarpower » Mon Dec 28, 2009 12:20 pm
eh.

first, there is no meaningful difference between "compare to" and "compare with".
some old editions of our strategy guides have posited some sort of difference between the two, but we have redacted all of those statements after discovering that the gmat treats the two expressions in exactly the same way.

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if you say "compared with/to" for statistics, you should cite BOTH statistics in the comparison.
the expression "compared to/with" does NOT imply any sort of direction to the comparison; i.e., it gives no hint as to greater/less/like/unlike. therefore, you need to give both of the relevant statistics, or else the statement won't make any sense.

e.g.
the unemployment rate in Esteria last month was 5.3%, compared to the rate in Burdistan.
--> INCORRECT
this makes no sense. we have absolutely no idea what is going on with the rate in Burdistan.

the unemployment rate in Esteria last month was 5.3%, compared to a rate of 7% in Burdistan.
--> OK
both statistics are cited.

the point of "compared to/with" is to make the reader draw his/her own inferences about the statistics presented. (usually, those inferences are somewhat obvious - in the above case, it's "unemployment is higher in Burdistan than in Esteria" - but sometimes they aren't. alternatively, sometimes "compared with" is used for statistics whose conclusion is clear but is socially unacceptable to mention explicitly... but that discussion is outside the scope of the exam.)

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by lunarpower » Mon Dec 28, 2009 12:20 pm
if you say "in contrast to", then you don't HAVE to mention both statistics... although you still can.

e.g.
in contrast to the corresponding rate in Esteria, the unemployment rate in Burdistan fell last month.
--> OK
in this case, the "in contrast to" construction implies that the Esterian rate went up; we don't actually have to say this explicitly.

but, if you want, you can mention both statistics:
in contrast to the corresponding rate in Esteria, which rose by 0.5%, the unemployment rate in Burdistan fell by 0.3% last month.
--> ALSO OK
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