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University of Warwick spends equal to 400 days [#permalink] New post   04 Jan 2017, 10:15
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University of Warwick spends equal to 400 days on the reconstruction of its administration building.

(A) equal to
(B) an amount equal to
(C) an equivalent to
(D) an equivalent of
(E) an equivalent amount of

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Re: University of Warwick spends equal to 400 days [#permalink] New post   22 Aug 2017, 16:24
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University of Warwick spends equal to 400 days on the reconstruction of its administration building.

(A) equal to
(B) an amount equal to
(C) an equivalent to
(D) an equivalent of
(E) an equivalent amount of

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Experts, please help to understand the concept in this question.
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Re: University of Warwick spends equal to 400 days [#permalink] New post   22 Aug 2017, 22:54
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can an expert please comment on why option D is wrong ?
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Re: University of Warwick spends equal to 400 days [#permalink] New post   23 Aug 2017, 14:30
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From what I dug up on the web,

equivalent of <thing> is the same as equivalent to <thing>. The former is used in the definite, the latter the indefinite, ie. one says "an equivalent to", but "the equivalent of"
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Re: University of Warwick spends equal to 400 days [#permalink] New post   23 Aug 2017, 15:11
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I don't think this will ever show on the GMAT because all of the choices are unnecessary.

The best sentence is: University of Warwick spends 400 days on the reconstruction of its administration building.
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Re: University of Warwick spends equal to 400 days [#permalink] New post   25 Jun 2020, 02:25
An equivalent is always followed by 'to'.
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Re: University of Warwick spends equal to 400 days [#permalink] New post   16 Sep 2021, 09:40
Address the meaning of the sentence
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Re: University of Warwick spends equal to 400 days [#permalink] New post   17 Sep 2021, 05:30
Can someone explain this? Difference between option b and c.
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University of Warwick spends equal to 400 days [#permalink] New post   19 Sep 2021, 01:40
I am not able to understand why D is wrong.
Is the idiom "an equivalent of" wrong?

Thank you in advance.
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Re: University of Warwick spends equal to 400 days [#permalink] New post   19 Feb 2022, 10:31
Could anyone kinldy explain why D is incorrect.

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