In the five most important battleground states - New York, California, Illinois, Ohio, and Massachusetts - Democrats reported $48.7 million in cash on hand, compared to the Republicans, who reported $35 million.
A)compared to the Republicans, who reported $35 million
B)in comparison to the Republicans, with $35 million
C)compared with $35 million for the Republicans
D)compared with the reporting of the Republicans of $35 million
E)in comparison to the Republicans' report of having $35 million
A) wrong comparison
B) wrong comparison
C) OA
D) What's wrong in this?
E) What's wrong in this?
Do we prefer COMPARED WITH over COMPARED TO in GMAT?
SC- comparison question
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Hi Vishal,vishalwin wrote:In the five most important battleground states - New York, California, Illinois, Ohio, and Massachusetts - Democrats reported $48.7 million in cash on hand, compared to the Republicans, who reported $35 million.
A)compared to the Republicans, who reported $35 million
B)in comparison to the Republicans, with $35 million
C)compared with $35 million for the Republicans
D)compared with the reporting of the Republicans of $35 million
E)in comparison to the Republicans' report of having $35 million
A) wrong comparison
B) wrong comparison
C) OA
D) What's wrong in this?
E) What's wrong in this?
Do we prefer COMPARED WITH over COMPARED TO in GMAT?
D-compared with the reporting of- this means to compare reporting styles and not the figures, which is why it should be struck off
E-this is wordy and unnecessarily uses the possessive form, i.e. Republicans'..
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There is no preference for compared to vs. compared with. They are used in different scenarios. Here is a good write up: https://grammarist.com/usage/compared-to ... ared-with/
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