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While neither the 1984 nor the 2000 Democratic candidate won the presidential election, Sarah Loe praises Walter Mondale's selection of a woman and Al Gore's selection of a Jewish man as vice presidential running mates, which she likens to building a bridge for others to pass over .

A. which she likens to building a bridge for others to pass over
B. which she likens to others passing over a bridge that was built
C. which she likens to a bridge being built for others to pass over
D. likening these selections to others passing over a bridge that was built
E. likening these selections to building a bridge for others to pass over
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While neither the 1984 nor the 2000 Democratic candidate won the presidential election, Sarah Loe praises Walter Mondale's selection of a woman and Al Gore's selection of a Jewish man as vice presidential running mates, which she likens to building a bridge for others to pass over .

A. which she likens to building a bridge for others to pass over
B. which she likens to others passing over a bridge that was built
C. which she likens to a bridge being built for others to pass over
D. likening these selections to others passing over a bridge that was built
E. likening these selections to building a bridge for others to pass over
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"which" refers to the noun immediately preceding it. Here which cannot refer to "mates" as the sentence is modifying selection of some people.
Hence option A, B & C are out.
Option D is nonsensical "others passing over a bridge that was built".
Hence option E is the correct solution.
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While neither the 1984 nor the 2000 Democratic candidate 29 May 2017, 20:08
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Hi,
Likening something to.... does this construction always perform the action of showing a parallel reasoning ?
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While neither the 1984 nor the 2000 Democratic candidate won the presidential election, Sarah Loe praises Walter Mondale's selection of a woman and Al Gore's selection of a Jewish man as vice presidential running mates, which she likens to building a bridge for others to pass over .

A. which she likens to building a bridge for others to pass over
B. which she likens to others passing over a bridge that was built
C. which she likens to a bridge being built for others to pass over
D. likening these selections to others passing over a bridge that was built
E. likening these selections to building a bridge for others to pass over
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KAPLAN OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

Read the Original Sentence Carefully, Looking for Errors:

Whenever you see a long sentence that includes many phrases separated by commas, the GMAT is usually testing your ability to understand the relationship between the parts of the sentence—whether that relationship involves modification, comparison, subject-verb agreement, or something else.

Scan and Group the Answer Choices:

You can identify a 3-2 split between the beginning of (A), (B), and (C) and that of (D) and (E): "which" versus "likening."

Eliminate Wrong Answer Choices:

(A), (B), and (C): On the GMAT, "which" must be preceded by a comma and refer to the noun immediately before the comma. The way it is written in this question stem, "which" refers to the "running mates" and is incorrect. Eliminate (A), (B), and (C).

(D) and (E): You can evaluate the remaining two choices by looking at the difference in how they construct the comparison: (D) compares the selection of running mates with "others." Only (E) correctly compares the selection of running mates with building a bridge.

Therefore, (E)is correct. Before moving to the next question, always take a moment to plug your answer back into the sentence to make sure it makes sense.

TAKEAWAY: When the underlined portion is a modifying phrase, focus first on ensuring that what precedes the phrase is, in fact, the thing or action that is being described or modified. When the phrase begins with a pronoun, the pronoun must refer unambiguously to a preceding noun.
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