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In contrast to accredited universities that can grant degrees and whose students can be eligible for federal aid, nonaccredited colleges, while still able to enroll students and to provide instruction, cannot provide their students with the same types of services.

(A)nonaccredited colleges, while still able to enroll students and to provide instruction, cannot provide their students with the same types of services
(B)nonaccredited colleges cannot provide their students with the same types of services, though still able to enroll students and provide instruction
(C)enrolling students and providing instruction, while unable to provide their students with the same types of services, are nonaccredited colleges
(D)the services of nonaccredited colleges, while including the ability to enroll students and provide instruction, do not include the same types of services
(E) those of nonaccredited colleges include enrolling students and providing instruction, but not the same types of services



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1) Compare Apples to Apples so compare colleges to colleges so this eliminates C,D,E.

2) generally "while" is used to introduce a clause or a participle phrase.

Here in A , you do not have a proper subject and verb in "while still able to enroll students and to provide instruction" so it cannot be clause and it is neither a participle phrase. So it cannot be correct.

So B is the answer.
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In contrast to accredited universities that can grant degrees and whose students can be eligible for federal aid, nonaccredited colleges, while still able to enroll students and to provide instruction, cannot provide their students with the same types of services.

(A)nonaccredited colleges, while still able to enroll students and to provide instruction, cannot provide their students with the same types of services
(B)nonaccredited colleges cannot provide their students with the same types of services, though still able to enroll students and provide instruction
(C)enrolling students and providing instruction, while unable to provide their students with the same types of services, are nonaccredited colleges
(D)the services of nonaccredited colleges, while including the ability to enroll students and provide instruction, do not include the same types of services
(E) those of nonaccredited colleges include enrolling students and providing instruction, but not the same types of services
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Should be A.

The clause starting with "While" is a modifier and should touch the subject "Nonaccredited colleges"
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In contrast to accredited universities that can grant degrees and whose students can be eligible for federal aid, nonaccredited colleges, while still able to enroll students and to provide instruction, cannot provide their students with the same types of services.

(A)nonaccredited colleges, while still able to enroll students and to provide instruction, cannot provide their students with the same types of services
(B)nonaccredited colleges cannot provide their students with the same types of services, though still able to enroll students and provide instruction
(C)enrolling students and providing instruction, while unable to provide their students with the same types of services, are nonaccredited colleges
(D)the services of nonaccredited colleges, while including the ability to enroll students and provide instruction, do not include the same types of services
(E) those of nonaccredited colleges include enrolling students and providing instruction, but not the same types of services
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I vote for 'B' comparison and parallelism. comparing incontrast to acredited university needs an immediate subject comparison, non accredited univ.. C, D, E are out. in 'A' still able to enroll students and to provide inst breaks parallelism. it should be 'still able to enroll students and provide instruction.
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OA : A.

In B, "while" is incorrectly replaced by "though" and the modifier of nonaccredited colleges is not next to it.


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In contrast to accredited universities that can grant degrees and whose students can be eligible for federal aid, nonaccredited colleges, while still able to enroll students and to provide instruction, cannot provide their students with the same types of services.

(A)nonaccredited colleges, while still able to enroll students and to provide instruction, cannot provide their students with the same types of services
(B)nonaccredited colleges cannot provide their students with the same types of services, though still able to enroll students and provide instruction
(C)enrolling students and providing instruction, while unable to provide their students with the same types of services, are nonaccredited colleges
(D)the services of nonaccredited colleges, while including the ability to enroll students and provide instruction, do not include the same types of services
(E) those of nonaccredited colleges include enrolling students and providing instruction, but not the same types of services


Should be A.

The clause starting with "While" is a modifier and should touch the subject "Nonaccredited colleges"
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Same thinking as the OA.

A noun modifier should touch the noun it modifies.



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