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by bettylll » Tue Aug 16, 2011 12:32 am
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?
2. Also, could someone give an explanation for E? How come it is parallel since it doesn't seem like parallel in structure.

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by garima99 » Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:41 am
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

read before the underline part..about and equal cant come together
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by aspirant2011 » Tue Aug 16, 2011 6:58 am
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

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by Tani » Tue Aug 16, 2011 8:27 am
A, B and C make "people" equivalent to a number. That is a comparison error. When you use "as many as". "as many people as" is understood.
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by bettylll » Tue Aug 16, 2011 6:19 pm
I guess there is no choice but to remember the usage of equivalent in heart.
But about the other question, I'm not sure I really get it.
"...eight million people, about as many as are enrolled in..."
Does the sentence here omit a word which is comparable to "eight million people" between the second "as" and the word "are"? If so, the omission occurs here because it is understood?
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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
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by Tani » Tue Aug 16, 2011 6:27 pm
Exactly! "as many [people] as" - people is understood.
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by crick » Tue Aug 16, 2011 6:44 pm
+1 for E.

as many as is the correct idiom to use here.

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by bettylll » Tue Aug 16, 2011 7:38 pm
Tani Wolff - Kaplan wrote:Exactly! "as many [people] as" - people is understood.
So if it was not because of the wrong usage of equal and equivalent in C and B respectively, choice B and C would be alright since "those" can refer to "people" and thus make a comparable structure?

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