Sentence Correction

One noted economist has made a comparison of the Federal Reserve and an automobile as racing through a tunnel, bouncing first off one wall, then the other; the car may get where it is going, but people may be hurt in the process.

(A) made a comparison of the Federal Reserve and an automobile as racing through a
tunnel, bouncing

(B) made a comparison between the Federal Reserve and an automobile racing
through a tunnel, bouncing

(C) compared the Federal Reserve with an automobile as racing through a tunnel and
which bounced

(D) compared the Federal Reserve to an automobile racing through a tunnel, bouncing

(E) compared the Federal Reserve with an auto mobile that races through a tunnel and
it bounces

[spoiler]IMO: D[/spoiler]

between (B) and (D) --- Would go with (D), but would like to know how to eliminate (B).

IMO: D

parallelism is the key to the answer.

tough call between B and D.
will go with D
OA ?

D for me.

ice_rush wrote:between (B) and (D) --- Would go with (D), but would like to know how to eliminate (B).

When presented two grammatically correct answers, and one use action noun (made comparison) while other uses simple verb (compared), go with the verb.