+HOT Competition 3 Sep/9AM: One renowned economist and social reformer

Question

One renowned economist and social reformer has  made a comparison of the labor movement and a flock of sheep as negotiating with a wolf, asking  the wolf to scale back its demands for prey; the wolf may compromise, but the sheep will always suffer badly in the end.

(A) made a comparison of the labor movement and a flock of sheep as negotiating with a wolf, asking

(B) made a comparison between the labor movement and a flock of sheep negotiating with a wolf, asking

(C) compared the labor movement with a flock of sheep as negotiating with a wolf and which asked

(D) compared the labor movement to a flock of sheep negotiating with a wolf, asking

(E) compared the labor movement with a flock of sheep that negotiates with a wolf and it asks

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Bunuel · Accepted Answer

Experts Global Explanation:

Idiom + Pronoun

One interesting point to note here is the distinction between the idiom constructions “compared with” and “compared to”; the former is used to compare similar entities, and the latter is used to compare dissimilar entities.

A. This answer choice utilizes the unidiomatic phrase “made a comparison of A as B” rather than the correct phrase “made a comparison between A and B”.

B. This answer choice is needlessly wordy due to its use of the “made a comparison between A and B” construction; the use of the construction “compared A to B” conveys the same information more concisely.

C. This answer choice incorrectly utilizes the idiom construction “compared A with B” to compare the nouns “labor movement” and “flock of sheep”; remember, “compared with” is used to compare similar entities, and “compared to” is used to compare dissimilar entities. Further, Option C fails to maintain parallelism between the verbs “negotiating” and “asked”.

D. This answer choice correctly uses the “asking…” construction aptly to convey the intended cause-effect relationship; please remember, the introduction of verb+ing (“asking” in this case) after comma generally leads to a cause-effect relationship. Further, this answer choice utilizes the appropriate idiom construction “compared A to B” to compare the nouns “labor movement” and “flock of sheep” and maintains proper parallelism and pronoun use throughout the sentence.

E. This answer choice repeats the idiom error seen in Option C, incorrectly utilizing the idiom construction “compared A with B” to compare the nouns “labor movement” and “flock of sheep”; remember, “compared with” is used to compare similar entities, and the compared to is used to compare dissimilar entities. Further, Option E suffers from a pronoun error; “it” has no clear antecedent.

D is the best answer choice.

MayankSingh · Answer

IMO D

One renowned economist and social reformer has made a comparison of the labor movement and a flock of sheep as negotiating with a wolf, asking the wolf to scale back its demands for prey; the wolf may compromise, but the sheep will always suffer badly in the end.

(A) made a  comparison of  the labor movement  and  a flock of sheep as negotiating with a wolf, asking
Incorrect - Comparison of X to Y correct idiom.

(B) made a comparison between the  labor movement  and a  flock of sheep  negotiating with a wolf, asking
Incorrect- Incorrect comparison- labour movement compared to Flock of ship.

(C) compared the labor movement  with  a flock of sheep as negotiating with a wolf and which asked
Incorrect- Compared X to Y, X & Y are not type of same entity

(D) compared the  labor movement  to a  flock of sheep negotiating with a wolf , asking
Correct - Comparison is between two action

(E) compared the labor movement  with  a flock of sheep that negotiates with a wolf and it asks
Incorrect- Compared X to Y, X & Y are not type of same entity

JonShukhrat · Answer

One renowned economist and social reformer has made a comparison of the labor movement and a flock of sheep as negotiating with a wolf, asking the wolf to scale back its demands for prey; the wolf may compromise, but the sheep will always suffer badly in the end.

(A) made a comparison of the labor movement and a flock of sheep as negotiating with a wolf, asking

“compared” is preferred. “as negotiating” is unidiomatic. “made a comparion” implies that he contrasted while we need to say that he found them similar, not different.

(B) made a comparison between the labor movement and a flock of sheep negotiating with a wolf, asking

“compared” is preferred. “made a comparion” implies that he contrasted while we need to say that he found them similar, not different.

(C) compared the labor movement with a flock of sheep as negotiating with a wolf and which asked

“as negotiating” is unidiomatic. “which asked” is not parallel to anything.

(D) compared the labor movement to a flock of sheep negotiating with a wolf, asking

Correct: “asking” correctly modifies the preceding action.

(E) compared the labor movement with a flock of sheep that negotiates with a wolf and it asks

“ans it asks” introduces two unrelated actions. actually “asking” is the part of “negotiating”.

Hence D

Saupayan · Answer

One renowned economist and social reformer has  made a comparison of the labor movement and a flock of sheep as negotiating with a wolf, asking  the wolf to scale back its demands for prey; the wolf may compromise, but the sheep will always suffer badly in the end.

compared is preferrable to "made a comparison". So, we will keep these on hold and come back to them only if each of CDE don't work out

Compared with  is used for showing differences between objects. When showing similarities, we use  "compared to" . So, this is wrong. Also use of "asked" is wrong.

this looks okay

same issue as in C. Also, "it asks" is wrong. it should be "asking" as a modifier as used in D

Answer: D

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