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Studies of test scores show that watching television has a markedly positive effect on children whose parents speak English as a second language, as compared to those who are native English speakers.
1. to those who are
2. with children who are
3. with
4. to those whose parents are
5. with children whose parents are
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gurpreet07 wrote: Studies of test scores show that watching television has a markedly positive effect on children whose parents speak English as a second language, as compared to those who are native English speakers.
1. to those who are
2. with children who are
3. with
4. to those whose parents are
5. with children whose parents are I think "compared with" must be used to contrast. Is it C? I am between C and E but C expresses the same idea as E more succinctly.
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IMO E.
Studies of test scores show that watching television has a markedly positive effect on children whose parents speak English as a second language, as compared with children whose parents are native English speakers.
This sentence compares children to children, so compared with is correct idiom.
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E for sure!!! we r comparing children's parents ability to speak a language...
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yes the OA is E...
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as compared with..is the correct idiom right.
Not sure what the parallel structure here is? anyone?
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Parallelism is between children whose parents are Native english speakers and children whose parents are not English speakers.
In this context we are comparing children, i.e. two similar entities. Hence compared with has to be used. Compared to is used when we compare apples and oranges but here it is apples vs apples.
So applying the above two options E is the best suited option.
A & D are out because it uses "Compared To".
B is out because it uses who instead of whose.
C- just mentions "with". In this context we are comparing children with children. Not children and Native speakers.
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devashish wrote: Fell for D ... but E is right By POE : D and E prevail. D: those is a pronoun which can either refer to antecedent parents or children.Hence, it isn't clear.So,eliminated. E: Children is repeated thus making the referents clear in the second clause. E prevails.
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This sentence compares Children with Non Native english speaker Vs Children with Native english speaker.. So "E" is correct 1. to those who are Compares Childrenn Vs All Native english speaker 2. with children who are Compares correctly, but parallelism issue 3. with Reject this ..No parallelism/Logical4. to those whose parents are Compares Children Vs Parents5. with children whose parents are Correctly comparesAlways remember in Comparision the below points. *. Comparison must be logical *. Comparison must be parallel *. Comparision must be idiomatically correct ex: more...than/less ...than Correct more ...as Incorrect
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Re: Studies of test scores show that watching television has a [#permalink]
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IMO E. It's a comparison between children who are native and non-native speakers. the new question at MGMAT is different as compared to those whose native language is English. to those whose native language is English with children whose native language is English with those who are native English speakers to children whose parents do not with children whose parents are native English speakers still e as answer tho
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