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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. to those who are with children who are with to those whose parents are with children whose parents are Manhattan says E, but I think it could be D. The pronoun "those" is not ambiguous since parents is referred to in the answer choice? |
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11 Jun 2010, 09:19
If those viewing could please post a comment as to why is not an acceptable answer choice.
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Re: Manhattan GMAT SC question [#permalink]
11 Jun 2010, 10:07
Compare usually takes the preposition “to” when it refers to the activity of describing the resemblances between unlike things: He compared her to a summer day. Scientists sometimes compare the human brain to a computer.
It takes “with” when it refers to the act of examining two like things in order to discern their similarities or differences: The police compared the forged signature with the original. The committee will have to compare the Senate’s version of the bill with the version that was passed by the House.
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11 Jun 2010, 10:54
Unquestionably E. compared with - is used here to compare children with children. Rest is blah blah. 
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Re: Manhattan GMAT SC question [#permalink]
11 Jun 2010, 20:04
The correct idiom here is 'compared with' and not 'compared to'.
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Re: Manhattan GMAT SC question [#permalink]
20 Jun 2010, 11:23
Both "Compare to" and "compare with" are correct idioms.
1. “compare to” is to suggest resemblances between things that have essentially different natures:
In appearance, ripples in ocean water can be compared to frosting spread on a cake.
2. “compare with” is to suggest resemblances between things that have essentially similar natures:
Despite their different capacities, RAM can be compared with ROM in that both involve memory storage.
In the context of given Sentence, "compare with" is correct. Hence E.
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Re: Studies of test scores show that watching television has a [#permalink]
11 Mar 2012, 06:49
according to manhattan, both D & E are acceptable now. "those" is fine to use for "children" in D, so the only real difference between D and E is the preposition at the beginning. Since that is a distinction that appears to be irrelevant these days, we have referred the problem to our problem writing committee. As far as i'm concerned, both D and E are acceptable on this one and the question is thus invalid..
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Re: Studies of test scores show that watching television has a [#permalink]
11 Mar 2012, 07:21
E seems to be the correct option in this case.
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