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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
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yesiwill 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----eight million people are compared with enrollment
(B) the equivalent of those enrolled in-----eight million people are equivalent to those.. wrong comparison
(C) equal to those who are enrolled in----Wordy, awkword
(D) as many as the enrollment of------wrong comparison again
(E) as many as are enrolled in----OK to me So "E" for me. Kindly correct my concepts if I am wrong here!! 
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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 compares quantity with process of enrolling
(B) the equivalent of those enrolled in compares quantity with people
(C) equal to those who are enrolled in compares quantity with people
(D) as many as the enrollment of better, although still compares uncomparable things (quantity with process)
(E) as many as are enrolled in Right one!
What is OA?
P.S. Please underline the part of the sentence which is under question.
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Hussain15 wrote: People count, not amount!!! Ok, let it be 'quantity' 
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Re: 1000 SC Question - Carnegie Foundation Study [#permalink]
29 Jul 2009, 22:16
I go with E
the equivalent of those enrolled in as in B is not correct. Had it been " the number equivalent ......", it would have been correct answer.
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Re: 1000 SC Question - Carnegie Foundation Study [#permalink]
30 Jul 2009, 05:23
IMO E.
For numerical comparison, "as many as" is preferred to "equivalent"
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Re: 1000 SC Question - Carnegie Foundation Study [#permalink]
31 Oct 2009, 08:25
I checked. E is the OA
but It's missing a subject, isn't it ?
as many as are...
I would have prefered as many as peophe who are...
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Re: 1000 SC Question - Carnegie Foundation Study [#permalink]
04 May 2011, 20:24
E looks better in all of the options due to above mentioned reasons but I also have concerns about construction of sentence, Can anybody explain?
after comma about as many as are enrolled....; How before comma and after comma parts of the sentences are connected?
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05 May 2011, 00:09
This problem is from OG Verbal Review. OA is E. I am confused about the comparison here. How can 8 million people be compared to people in colleges? Pls kindly explain.
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Re: 1000 SC Question - Carnegie Foundation Study [#permalink]
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The sentence compares people with nation's four year enrollment (Countable noun with countable noun). Equivalent and Equal are used to modify uncountable noun. Such as water, sugar. As many as is used to modify countable noun. In D people are improperly compared with enrollment. E is the correct answer.
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