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
OA E
What is wrong with D...
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simplyjat 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
OA E
What is wrong with D...
Whats wrong with B, C?
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B, C wrongly compares no of people ( 8m) to other people. 8m people can't be equal/equivalent to other people, but to number of other peopleapple100 wrote:simplyjat 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
OA E
What is wrong with D...
Whats wrong with B, C?
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Answer should be E
Bcoz u can't compare 8 million people to 'the enrollment of nation ' which is the case in D
Bcoz u can't compare 8 million people to 'the enrollment of nation ' which is the case in D
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The second half after the comma means that about the same number of people (8 million) is enrolled in the nations 4 year college/university.duongthang wrote:this is from verbal review 2nd.
the second half of E means "as many as the numbers of people are inrolled in..."
is that right?
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Comparisons in SC must compare things that are structurally similar (grammatically parallel) and logically comparable (it must make sense to compare them). A lot of comparison questions will depend on the meaning - WHAT is being compared?
The comparison we're dealing with here is: ... eighty million people, about [the same number as another group of people]. We need to make sure that we're comparing numbers of people to numbers of people. As others have pointed out, most answer choices have an illogical comparison. Just to sum it all up in one post...
(A) equivalent to the enrollment of
Here we're comparing "80 million people" to "the enrollment." Not comparable.
(B) the equivalent of those enrolled in
"Those" stands in for "those people enrolled..." This means that we're comparing a number of people (80 million people) to simply "people." Not comparable.
(C) equal to those who are enrolled in
Same problem as B. Also, "equal" is qualitative, not quantitative. We don't want to say that they're just as good as other people, we want to say that there are just as many people.
(D) as many as the enrollment of
Again, we're comparing a number of people to "enrollment." Changing the comparison marker to "as many as" doesn't fix this.
(E) as many as are enrolled in
The ARE in this case implies that the first thing we were comparing is now the subject of this verb. In other words, this is effectively saying "as many as [the number of people who] are enrolled." This is the only one that compares number of people to number of people. CORRECT.
The answer is E.
The comparison we're dealing with here is: ... eighty million people, about [the same number as another group of people]. We need to make sure that we're comparing numbers of people to numbers of people. As others have pointed out, most answer choices have an illogical comparison. Just to sum it all up in one post...
(A) equivalent to the enrollment of
Here we're comparing "80 million people" to "the enrollment." Not comparable.
(B) the equivalent of those enrolled in
"Those" stands in for "those people enrolled..." This means that we're comparing a number of people (80 million people) to simply "people." Not comparable.
(C) equal to those who are enrolled in
Same problem as B. Also, "equal" is qualitative, not quantitative. We don't want to say that they're just as good as other people, we want to say that there are just as many people.
(D) as many as the enrollment of
Again, we're comparing a number of people to "enrollment." Changing the comparison marker to "as many as" doesn't fix this.
(E) as many as are enrolled in
The ARE in this case implies that the first thing we were comparing is now the subject of this verb. In other words, this is effectively saying "as many as [the number of people who] are enrolled." This is the only one that compares number of people to number of people. CORRECT.
The answer is E.
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thank you expert. I am satisfied by explanation why other choices are wrong.ceilidh.erickson wrote:Comparisons in SC must compare things that are structurally similar (grammatically parallel) and logically comparable (it must make sense to compare them). A lot of comparison questions will depend on the meaning - WHAT is being compared?
The comparison we're dealing with here is: ... eighty million people, about [the same number as another group of people]. We need to make sure that we're comparing numbers of people to numbers of people. As others have pointed out, most answer choices have an illogical comparison. Just to sum it all up in one post...
(A) equivalent to the enrollment of
Here we're comparing "80 million people" to "the enrollment." Not comparable.
(B) the equivalent of those enrolled in
"Those" stands in for "those people enrolled..." This means that we're comparing a number of people (80 million people) to simply "people." Not comparable.
(C) equal to those who are enrolled in
Same problem as B. Also, "equal" is qualitative, not quantitative. We don't want to say that they're just as good as other people, we want to say that there are just as many people.
(D) as many as the enrollment of
Again, we're comparing a number of people to "enrollment." Changing the comparison marker to "as many as" doesn't fix this.
(E) as many as are enrolled in
The ARE in this case implies that the first thing we were comparing is now the subject of this verb. In other words, this is effectively saying "as many as [the number of people who] are enrolled." This is the only one that compares number of people to number of people. CORRECT.
The answer is E.
regarding E.
The ARE in this case implies that the first thing we were comparing is now the subject of this verb. In other words, this is effectively saying "as many as [the number of people who] are enrolled." This is the only one that compares number of people to number of people. CORRECT.
why we have this implication. there is no version of "to be" in the first half, why we can used "are" in the second half. pls, explain more.
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When something is implied, it is absent on paper. For instance: "I have asked you to stop crying and [to] do your homework". The 2nd "to" could be implied. We can imply something that was explicitly stated earlier in the sentence. In the example I just provided, it's ok to imply "to" since it appears earlier. As a side note, remember that as the two sides get farther apart, it becomes more important to be explicit and re-write the implied words.
OK back to our sentence.
"to be" is not implied in the 2nd part of answer E, but it is explicitly stated. "8 million people, about as many as are enrolled in colleges". Since "to be" is not implied, it does not break rules of implications.
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OK back to our sentence.
"to be" is not implied in the 2nd part of answer E, but it is explicitly stated. "8 million people, about as many as are enrolled in colleges". Since "to be" is not implied, it does not break rules of implications.
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to cut off a part in a sentence we need two things.
1 the cut off phrase must be appear in the first half of comparison
2. we need a parallelism between the two part of comparision so that the reader can realize the elliptical phrase quickly and there is no ambiguity
choice E meet the first standard but dose not meet the second standard.
this is the reason why I want a fuller and more detail explanation of the ellipsis case in choice E.
hope experts to jump in
1 the cut off phrase must be appear in the first half of comparison
2. we need a parallelism between the two part of comparision so that the reader can realize the elliptical phrase quickly and there is no ambiguity
choice E meet the first standard but dose not meet the second standard.
this is the reason why I want a fuller and more detail explanation of the ellipsis case in choice E.
hope experts to jump in
If anyone in this gmat forum is in England, pls email to me([email protected]) . I have some problems and need your advise. Thank a lot
CEILDIH wrote
According to the Ellipsis rule "We can imply something that was explicitly stated earlier in the sentence" but [the number of people who]are stated nowhere?
Can some one help with this question?
Many thanks in advance!!!!
Thanks Ceildih for this answer, but still get one question(E) as many as are enrolled in
The ARE in this case implies that the first thing we were comparing is now the subject of this verb. In other words, this is effectively saying "as many as [the number of people who] are enrolled." This is the only one that compares number of people to number of people. CORRECT
According to the Ellipsis rule "We can imply something that was explicitly stated earlier in the sentence" but [the number of people who]are stated nowhere?
Can some one help with this question?
Many thanks in advance!!!!
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(A) Compares quantity with process of enrolling
(B) Compares quantity with people
(C) Compares quantity with people
(D) Comparesincomparable things (quantity with process)
(E) The subject "people" has been omitted. The sentence is written in an analogous way. Hence (e).
(B) Compares quantity with people
(C) Compares quantity with people
(D) Comparesincomparable things (quantity with process)
(E) The subject "people" has been omitted. The sentence is written in an analogous way. Hence (e).
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E is a strange pattern, in which the second element of comparison is implied not shown.simplyjat 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
OA E
What is wrong with D...
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