A recent survey regarding the use of the Internet by the nation's top business leaders found that nearly ninety-five percent of them are subscribed to business-related RSS feeds, almost the same as the number of those who have subscriptions to The Wall Street Journal.
A) the same as the number of those who have subscriptions to
B) similar to the number who subscribe to
C) equivalent to those who have subscriptions for
D) as much as the number of those who subscribe to
E) as much as are subscribed to
[spoiler]OA : later![/spoiler] Reasoning for answer choice would be greatly appreciated.
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How can much come into the picture? Business leaders are countable arn't they? It should as many as should it. BTW OA is Ekvcpk wrote:IMO D
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How much percentage you got in the exam.RumpelThickSkin wrote:How can much come into the picture? Business leaders are countable arn't they? It should as many as should it. BTW OA is Ekvcpk wrote:IMO D
How many numbers you had (not scored.....reduntant) in the exam.
So percentages are accompanied by "much"
And in the question, we have comparison of percentages.
We can not compare numbers and percentages......it is like comparison of apples and oranges.
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FightWithGMAT wrote:How much percentage you got in the exam.RumpelThickSkin wrote:How can much come into the picture? Business leaders are countable arn't they? It should as many as should it. BTW OA is Ekvcpk wrote:IMO D
How many numbers you had (not scored.....reduntant) in the exam.
So percentages are accompanied by "much"
And in the question, we have comparison of percentages.
We can not compare numbers and percentages......it is like comparison of apples and oranges.
And yes, one more point:
"subscribed to" and "subscription of" are the correct idioms
I am not sure about "subscription for"
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A - 'the number' ...have (sud b has')- wrongRumpelThickSkin wrote:A recent survey regarding the use of the Internet by the nation's top business leaders found that nearly ninety-five percent of them are subscribed to business-related RSS feeds, almost the same as the number of those who have subscriptions to The Wall Street Journal.
A) the same as the number of those who have subscriptions to
B) similar to the number who subscribe to
C) equivalent to those who have subscriptions for
D) as much as the number of those who subscribe to
E) as much as are subscribed to
[spoiler]OA : later![/spoiler] Reasoning for answer choice would be greatly appreciated.
B - 'similar to' (wrong usage)+ the number...have/has error
D & E - 'as much as' for uncountable + in D 'the number'...subscribe/subscribes error
Additionally, except C & E rest all compares people with the number
IMO - C (through 'equivalent' inapppropriate here)
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I agree with this explanation. I pick E.FightWithGMAT wrote: How much percentage you got in the exam.
How many numbers you had (not scored.....reduntant) in the exam.
So percentages are accompanied by "much"
And in the question, we have comparison of percentages.
We can not compare numbers and percentages......it is like comparison of apples and oranges.
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Thank you FWG!FightWithGMAT wrote:How much percentage you got in the exam.RumpelThickSkin wrote:How can much come into the picture? Business leaders are countable arn't they? It should as many as should it. BTW OA is Ekvcpk wrote:IMO D
How many numbers you had (not scored.....reduntant) in the exam.
So percentages are accompanied by "much"
And in the question, we have comparison of percentages.
We can not compare numbers and percentages......it is like comparison of apples and oranges.
A recent survey regarding the use of the Internet by the nation's top business leaders found that nearly ninety-five percent of them are subscribed to business-related RSS feeds, almost the same as the number of those who have subscriptions to The Wall Street Journal.
A) the same as the number of those who have subscriptions to
B) similar to the number who subscribe to
C) equivalent to those who have subscriptions for
D) as much as the number of those who subscribe to
E) as much as are subscribed to
See the parallel sections in coordinating colors.
A recent survey regarding the use of the Internet by the nation's top business leaders found that nearly ninety-five percent of them are subscribed to business-related RSS feeds, almost as much as are subscribed toThe Wall Street Journal.
A) the same as the number of those who have subscriptions to
B) similar to the number who subscribe to
C) equivalent to those who have subscriptions for
D) as much as the number of those who subscribe to
E) as much as are subscribed to
See the parallel sections in coordinating colors.
A recent survey regarding the use of the Internet by the nation's top business leaders found that nearly ninety-five percent of them are subscribed to business-related RSS feeds, almost as much as are subscribed toThe Wall Street Journal.
