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I got rid of E, because I was under the impression that comma + "ed"s modify the noun right before them?
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I will rather totally ignore this ‘compared with’ and ‘compared to’ stuff as I understand that the GMAT is not much concerned with this trivial. But in this topic, the issue is essentially one of comparison. Let us see.

In the United States, while the number of foreign-born residents and their children is higher than ever, the percentage of the population they represent is not, in 1910 this group made up 35 percent of the population when compared to 20 percent in 2000. ( ideally this isn't a very perfect topic, with a comma conjugating two independent clauses)

A. population when compared to 20 percent in 2000 ........ Wrong logic;
When did the comparison occur? In 1910 or in 2000? The text suggests that the comparison occurred in 1910, some 90 years earlier about something that is going to happen in 2000. What kind of logic is this?

B. population as compared to 2000, when it was 20 percent …Wrong comparison…comparing a percentage to a year

C. population, comparing it with 20 percent in 2000. …wrong … The group did the comparing in 1910 about something that is going to happen in 2000


D. population, unlike 2000, with 20 percent ….. Wrong comparison; comparing a year with a percent.

E. population, compared with 20 percent in 2000. Right choice; the comparison occurs in 2000

Now do you need to fall back on idiom? It is not necessar
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I got rid of E, because I was under the impression that comma + "ed"s modify the noun right before them?
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Hello Vordhosbn,

We hope this finds you well.

To clarify, in this case, "compared with 20 percent in 2000" modifies the main noun of the phrase "35 percent of the population " - "35 percent"; if the noun immediately before the comma is part of a prepositional phrase, the modifier acts on the noun that the prepositional phrase modifies.

We hope this finds you well.
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if in option E, instead of compared with , compared to was used. Would that be correct ?
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