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Grockit Question - Don't agree with OA

by RumpelThickSkin » Thu Jun 17, 2010 10:29 am
A recent survey regarding the use of the Internet by the nation's top business leaders found that nearly ninety-five percent of them are subscribed to business-related RSS feeds, almost the same as the number of those who have subscriptions to The Wall Street Journal.

A) the same as the number of those who have subscriptions to

B) similar to the number who subscribe to

C) equivalent to those who have subscriptions for

D) as much as the number of those who subscribe to

E) as much as are subscribed to

[spoiler]OA : later![/spoiler] Reasoning for answer choice would be greatly appreciated.
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by kvcpk » Thu Jun 17, 2010 10:38 am
IMO D
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by RumpelThickSkin » Thu Jun 17, 2010 10:42 am
kvcpk wrote:IMO D
How can much come into the picture? Business leaders are countable arn't they? It should as many as should it. BTW OA is E
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by FightWithGMAT » Thu Jun 17, 2010 11:51 am
RumpelThickSkin wrote:
kvcpk wrote:IMO D
How can much come into the picture? Business leaders are countable arn't they? It should as many as should it. BTW OA is E
How much percentage you got in the exam.
How many numbers you had (not scored.....reduntant) in the exam.

So percentages are accompanied by "much"

And in the question, we have comparison of percentages.

We can not compare numbers and percentages......it is like comparison of apples and oranges.
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by FightWithGMAT » Thu Jun 17, 2010 11:53 am
FightWithGMAT wrote:
RumpelThickSkin wrote:
kvcpk wrote:IMO D
How can much come into the picture? Business leaders are countable arn't they? It should as many as should it. BTW OA is E
How much percentage you got in the exam.
How many numbers you had (not scored.....reduntant) in the exam.

So percentages are accompanied by "much"

And in the question, we have comparison of percentages.

We can not compare numbers and percentages......it is like comparison of apples and oranges.

And yes, one more point:
"subscribed to" and "subscription of" are the correct idioms
I am not sure about "subscription for"
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by pnk » Thu Jun 17, 2010 12:25 pm
RumpelThickSkin wrote:A recent survey regarding the use of the Internet by the nation's top business leaders found that nearly ninety-five percent of them are subscribed to business-related RSS feeds, almost the same as the number of those who have subscriptions to The Wall Street Journal.

A) the same as the number of those who have subscriptions to

B) similar to the number who subscribe to

C) equivalent to those who have subscriptions for

D) as much as the number of those who subscribe to

E) as much as are subscribed to

[spoiler]OA : later![/spoiler] Reasoning for answer choice would be greatly appreciated.
A - 'the number' ...have (sud b has')- wrong
B - 'similar to' (wrong usage)+ the number...have/has error
D & E - 'as much as' for uncountable + in D 'the number'...subscribe/subscribes error
Additionally, except C & E rest all compares people with the number
IMO - C (through 'equivalent' inapppropriate here)
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by hardik.jadeja » Thu Jun 17, 2010 12:50 pm
FightWithGMAT wrote: How much percentage you got in the exam.
How many numbers you had (not scored.....reduntant) in the exam.

So percentages are accompanied by "much"

And in the question, we have comparison of percentages.

We can not compare numbers and percentages......it is like comparison of apples and oranges.
I agree with this explanation. I pick E.
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by RumpelThickSkin » Thu Jun 17, 2010 1:03 pm
FightWithGMAT wrote:
RumpelThickSkin wrote:
kvcpk wrote:IMO D
How can much come into the picture? Business leaders are countable arn't they? It should as many as should it. BTW OA is E
How much percentage you got in the exam.
How many numbers you had (not scored.....reduntant) in the exam.

So percentages are accompanied by "much"

And in the question, we have comparison of percentages.

We can not compare numbers and percentages......it is like comparison of apples and oranges.
Thank you FWG!
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by Haaress » Thu Jun 17, 2010 4:11 pm
A recent survey regarding the use of the Internet by the nation's top business leaders found that nearly ninety-five percent of them are subscribed to business-related RSS feeds, almost the same as the number of those who have subscriptions to The Wall Street Journal.

A) the same as the number of those who have subscriptions to

B) similar to the number who subscribe to

C) equivalent to those who have subscriptions for

D) as much as the number of those who subscribe to

E) as much as are subscribed to

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A recent survey regarding the use of the Internet by the nation's top business leaders found that nearly ninety-five percent of them are subscribed to business-related RSS feeds, almost as much as are subscribed toThe Wall Street Journal.
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