bettylll wrote:According to a study by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching，companies in the United States are providing job training and general education for nearly eight million people，about equivalent to the enrollment of the nation's four-year colleges and universities．
(A) equivalent to the enrollment of
(B) the equivalent of those enrolled in
(C) equal to those who are enrolled in
(D) as many as the enrollment of
(E) as many as are enrolled in

I've read many about this topic, but I'm still unclear about:

1. The OG says :"Equivalent is too broad and vague a term for comparing groups of people". Could someone specify it?

Never use equivalent when you are refering to people in case of GMAT

2. Also, could someone give an explanation for E? How come it is parallel since it doesn't seem like parallel in structure.

As many as is an idiom and many is basically used for countable items, since eight million people is countable therefore, the usage of many is correct

Thanks

aspirant2011 wrote:

bettylll wrote:According to a study by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching，companies in the United States are providing job training and general education for nearly eight million people，about equivalent to the enrollment of the nation's four-year colleges and universities．
(A) equivalent to the enrollment of
(B) the equivalent of those enrolled in
(C) equal to those who are enrolled in
(D) as many as the enrollment of
(E) as many as are enrolled in

I've read many about this topic, but I'm still unclear about:

1. The OG says :"Equivalent is too broad and vague a term for comparing groups of people". Could someone specify it?

Never use equivalent when you are refering to people in case of GMAT

2. Also, could someone give an explanation for E? How come it is parallel since it doesn't seem like parallel in structure.

As many as is an idiom and many is basically used for countable items, since eight million people is countable therefore, the usage of many is correct

Thanks

Tani Wolff - Kaplan wrote:Exactly! "as many [people] as" - people is understood.