Compared to/with

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Mclaughlin: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 131; Joined: Mon May 05, 2008 10:46 am; Thanked: 1 times

by Mclaughlin » Mon Aug 18, 2008 4:44 pm

Many investors base their choice between bonds and stocks on comparing bond yields to the dividends available on common stocks.

(A) between bonds and stocks on comparing bond yields to
(B) among bonds and stocks on comparisons of bond yields to
(C) between bonds and stocks on comparisons of bond yields with
(D) among bonds and stocks on comparing bond yields and
(E) between bonds and stocks on comparing bond yields with

what's the rule and how do you apply it to a complicated question such as this.

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bie.freelance: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 9; Joined: Sun Aug 19, 2007 11:18 pm

by bie.freelance » Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:53 pm

check this one out. might help

https://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/compareto.html

In my understanding:

Compare to >>> different things

Compare with >>> same things

what's the answer by the way?

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just_do_it: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 73; Joined: Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:33 pmFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 7 times

by just_do_it » Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:20 pm

"compare with" makes more sense in this context.
imo choice C should be correct.

what is the OA?

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stubbornp: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 496; Joined: Sun May 04, 2008 11:01 pm; Location: mumbai; Thanked: 7 times; GMAT Score:640

by stubbornp » Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:50 pm

imo e

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loki.gmat: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 187; Joined: Sat May 24, 2008 5:44 amFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 6 times

by loki.gmat » Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:23 pm

one thing is sure that two things (bonds & stocks) are compared here.
hence we require "between" here.so eliminate B n D.

now just compare "comparisons" with "comparing". i think comparisons sounds much better here.

hence IMO C.

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BlueRain: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 91; Joined: Sun Jul 13, 2008 10:36 pm; Thanked: 1 times; GMAT Score:770

by BlueRain » Mon Aug 18, 2008 11:05 pm

bie.freelance wrote:check this one out. might help

https://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/compareto.html

In my understanding:

Compare to >>> different things

Compare with >>> same things

what's the answer by the way?

Not exactly right.
According to the link you gave, "compare to" emphasizes the similarities, thus it might be used more often with things that are otherwise different but to emphasize the similarities.
Same logic can be applied to "compare with" but opposite (emphasize the differences on things that are otherwise similar).

For this one, IMO C. "base on" should be followed by a noun instead of a gerund, "compare with" is the preferred choice here because the investors are differentiating between stocks and bonds.

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