[問題] 大全987 - 40

[HODM]

40. 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

Answer is E. Please help, don't undertand. How to tackle this question?

[HODM]

有高手可幫我嗎
謝謝

因我只知一定是人同人作比較 所以除去A D
跟著怎樣找出答案 請指教

[yomei]

這是OG132的題目 OG裡有詳細的解釋
be equal to 和be equivalent to
"have too broad a range of meanings to be used
here:they can suggest more than merely numerical
equality "

[HODM]

不明 = =
還請指教

[HODM]

so you mean is that if we compare numerical things, we should use as many as... ? Am I right?

But as many as are enrolled in... this sounds really strange to me...

[HODM]

沒高手可幫我嗎

[Pufa]

你有official guide嗎？
http://www.formosamba.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=4778

[HODM]

3q ^^

[dibert8]

equal, equivalent 用於不可數名詞 (8 million 可數) => 刪除 (A) (B) (C);
剩下 (D) (E), 比較長短 => (E) = as many as (people) are enrolled in
檢查 (D) enrollment (不可數) <> people (可數) i.e. 比較不同類