Results from the 1998 national Demographic and Health Survey confirm t

E is the clear winner.
A and B are out because of using 'LIKE'

C and D are out for faulty comparison.

E is the best.

such as Thailand and Indonesia, the Philippine nation's fertility rates consistently exceed all those of

The correct comparison is among the nations.

A. like Thailand and Indonesia, the Philippine nation's fertility rates consistently exceed all of

B. like Thailand and Indonesia, the Philippine nation consistently exhibits fertility rates exceeding all

C. such as Thailand and Indonesia, the fertility rates exhibited by the Philippine nation are consistently exceeding those of all

D. such as Thailand and Indonesia, the Philippine nation's fertility rates consistently exceed all those of

E. such as Thailand and Indonesia, the Philippine nation consistently exhibits fertility rates that exceed those of all

A, B, C & D - Eliminate - Wrong comparison.
Left with B & E

E - correctly compares the fertility rates.

Hence E should be the answer.

Confused between "B" and "E"

"rates that" exceed those of

Is this correct?

B. like Thailand and Indonesia, the Philippine nation consistently exhibits fertility rates exceeding all ...what? countries?

E.such as Thailand and Indonesia, the Philippine nation consistently exhibits fertility rates that exceed those of all


Only "E" is consistently comparing fertility rates.

Here is a very concise explication. Same reasoning and I'm with E.

Such as vs like

C,D,E are left

C incorrect comparison

Question regarding D its incorrect comparison?

E seems better

Yes, D's comparison is not correct:

such as Thailand and Indonesia (<==those are nations), the Philippine nation's fertility (<==compared to a fertility ) rates consistently exceed all those of

E correctly compares nations with nations

Question from the official gmat tests. Please practice this question and out in your choices

'Like' is not the correct choice in this construction. Also, the GMAT prefers ‘such as’ to ‘like’ for examples. This eliminates A and B.

A, C, and D compare ‘Thailand and Indonesia’ and ‘fertility rates’ … wrong comparison.

B compares ‘fertility rates’ to ‘Southeast Asian neighbors (countries) … wrong comparison.

E: Correct

i have a question here:

had the question been,

Results from the 1998 national Demographic and Health Survey confirm that, even when compared with densely populated countries like Thailand , the Philippine nation's fertility rates consistently exceed all of its Southeast Asian neighbors.

(A) like Thailand , the Philippine nation's fertility rates consistently exceed all of

(B) like Thailand , the Philippine nation consistently exhibits fertility rates exceeding all

(C) such as Thailand, the fertility rates exhibited by the Philippine nation are consistently exceeding those of all

(D) such as Thailand, the Philippine nation's fertility rates consistently exceed all those of

(E) such as Thailand , the Philippine nation consistently exhibits fertility rates that exceed those of all


what had been the answer in this case?

PS:
instead OF THAILAND and INDONESIA, I HAVE WRITTEN ONLY THAILAND!

Like cannot be used to present examples.
countries have to be compared with countries, not fertility rates
All need to placed to modify countries

(A) like Thailand and Indonesia, the Philippine nation's fertility rates consistently exceed all of

1) An idiomatic error: I would say that we should use "such as" rather than "like" to give examples although some argue that "like" can also be used so.

2) Two comparison errors:
1) even when compared "with densely populated countries", "the Philippine nation's fertility rates...": here countries
are being compared with fertility rates.
2) "the Philippine nation's fertility rates" consistently exceed "all of its Southeast Asian neighbors": here fertility rates
are being compared with all of Philipines neighbor countries.


(B) like Thailand and Indonesia, the Philippine nation consistently exhibits fertility rates exceeding all

1) An idiomatic error: I would say that we should use "such as" rather than "like" to give examples although some argue that "like" can also be used so.

2) "fertility rates"exceeding " all of its Southeast Asian neighbors": here fertility rates
are being compared with all of Philipines neighbor countries.

(C) such as Thailand and Indonesia, the fertility rates exhibited by the Philippine nation are consistently exceeding those of all

1) even when compared "with densely populated countries", " the fertility rates exhibited by the Philippine nation ...": here countries are being compared with fertility rates.

(D) such as Thailand and Indonesia, the Philippine nation's fertility rates consistently exceed all those of

1) the same error as in (C)


(E) such as Thailand and Indonesia, the Philippine nation consistently exhibits fertility rates that exceed those of all[/quote]

1) "such as" is correctly used

2) "densely populated countries" are being compared with "the Philippine nation", a correct and logical comparison that is absent in all other choices

3) "those" stands for "fertility rates", so there is a correct comparison: the Philippine nation consistently exhibits fertility rates that exceed [fertility rates] / [those] of all of its Southeast Asian neighbors.

Please feel free to give some feedback!

(A) like Thailand and Indonesia, the Philippine nation's fertility rates consistently exceed all of
(B) like Thailand and Indonesia, the Philippine nation consistently exhibits fertility rates exceeding all
(C) such as Thailand and Indonesia, the fertility rates exhibited by the Philippine nation are consistently exceeding those of all
(D) such as Thailand and Indonesia, the Philippine nation's fertility rates consistently exceed all those of
(E) such as Thailand and Indonesia, the Philippine nation consistently exhibits fertility rates that exceed those of all (Correct)

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I got this answer correct. But still I want to know the reason to eliminate C
According to me there is no comparison error

the fertility rates exhibited by the Philippine nation are consistently exceeding those(Fertility rates) of all ....

How comparison in above bold face statement ?

Vatsal7794 The thing that I think you're missing is the text immediately before the underline (in general, I find that the non underlined text is often more important than the underlined text):
even when compared with densely populated countries such as Thailand and Indonesia, ...
Whatever comes after that comma has to be comparable to Thailand and Indonesia.
In answer choice C, you have the fertility rates immediately after that comma, and fertility rates are not comparable to countries.

Hello Vatsal7794,

We hope this finds you well.

Having gone through the question and your query, we believe we can resolve your doubt.

As @aviguntam has mentioned, the incorrect comparison is between "densely populated countries" and "the fertility rates". Further, Option C also incorrectly uses the simple present continuous tense verb "are consistently exceeding" to refer to a statement of universal fact; please remember, statements of universal fact are best conveyed through the simple present tense.

We hope this helps.
All the best!
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