Here's the
official explanation provided by the GMAC for this question:
A comparison or contrast evaluates two parallel elements. The point of this sentence is to contrast two kinds of loans, but the sentence has been written so that
a typical automobile loan is contrasted with
the lease-loan buyer. The correct contrast is between
a typical automobile loan and
a lease-loan. This change makes the two verbs active voice (
requires… does not require) and parallel.
Option A: Loan is incorrectly contrasted with
lease-loan buyer Option B: Loan is contrasted with
lease-loan buying instead of
lease-loan; prepositional phrase (
with… ) begins an awkward and wordy construction
Option C: Loan is contrasted with
lease-loan buyers instead of
lease-loan Option D: Loan is contrasted with
lease-loan buyer instead of
lease-loan; prepositional phrase (
for… ) begins an awkward and wordy construction
Option E: Correct. In this sentence,
loan is properly contrasted with
lease-loan, and, in place of the passive voice
is required, the active voice
does… require parallels
requires.
The correct answer is E.
Please note that I'm not the author of this explanation. I'm just posting it here since I believe it can help the community.
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