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by shivani.magan » Fri Mar 02, 2012 11:49 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
OA is E . Can someone explain this ?
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by killer1387 » Fri Mar 02, 2012 9:50 pm
shivani.magan 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 is E . Can someone explain this ?
The issue is right comparison. D and E are gud. of them E provides gud comparison hence E. D compares 8 M people to the enrollment furthermore D sounds like colleges and universities are getting enrolled somewhere in this world.
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by patanjali.purpose » Fri Mar 02, 2012 10:22 pm
shivani.magan 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 is E . Can someone explain this ?
ABOUT and EQUVIALENT means the same thing ; one is redundant - drop A/B
C - THOSE might refer to COMPANIES
D - companies ..are providing ..for nearly eight million people, about as many as the enrollment of the ..colleges and universities (what the phrase ABOUT...doiing? Its modifying PEOPLE. That means, PEOPLE, ABOUT ...ENROLLMENT...it means phrase ABOUT...UNIVERSITIES is talking about ENROLLMENT but drscribing a noun PEOPLE. Does it illogical?)
E - PEOPLE, ABOUT AS MANAY AS ARE ENROLLED...(here PEOPLE IS THE SUBJECT OF DEPENDENT CLAUSE "AS...". That means PEOPLE ARE ENROLLED...comparison/modification is correct

IMO E
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by GMATGuruNY » Sat Mar 03, 2012 2:25 am
shivani.magan 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 is E . Can someone explain this ?
In A and B, equivalent is the wrong word. EQUIVALENT means equal in value. Eight million people cannot be equal in value. Eliminate A and B.

In C, eight million PEOPLE cannot be equal. A NUMBER can be equal; the people themselves cannot. Eliminate C.

In D, an enrollment cannot be MANY. Many can refer only to a noun that is countable. An enrollment is an AMOUNT -- a non-countable noun. Eliminate D.

The correct answer is E.

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by GmatKiss » Sat Mar 03, 2012 11:29 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

IMO E
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by aflaam » Mon Feb 01, 2016 3:26 am
Hello Mitch,
Can we say AB and C is faulty case of apposition?
equivalent to, the equivalent of, equal to, all incorrectly placed as an appositive to people?
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by GMATGuruNY » Tue Feb 02, 2016 5:28 am
aflaam wrote:Hello Mitch,
Can we say AB and C is faulty case of apposition?
equivalent to, the equivalent of, equal to, all incorrectly placed as an appositive to people?
Technically, only B includes an appositive error.

An APPOSITIVE is a noun that serves to explain or define another noun.
B: eight million people, about the equivalent of the enrollment of the nation's four-year colleges and universities
Here, the equivalent is an appositive serving to explain eight million people.
The resulting meaning is illogical, as discussed in my post above.

In A and C, equivalent to and equal to are ADJECTIVES.
An adjective cannot serve as an appositive.
Regardless, the resulting meaning is still illogical, as discussed in my post above.
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