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Pokh Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Equal/Equivalent

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/equal to the enrollment of the nation’s four-year colleges and universities.

Guys,

1. Is there any difference between equal to and equivalent to?
  

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pokh 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/equal to the enrollment of the nation’s four-year colleges and universities. I can't put my finger on a real difference, but my instinct prefers "equivalent" in this particular case. It has something to do with the fact that the circumstances of the two "student bodies" are definitely NOT equal.

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  • pokh 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/equal to the enrollment of the nation’s four-year colleges and universities.
  • I can't put my finger on a real difference, but my instinct prefers "equivalent" in this particular case.
  • It has something to do with the fact that the circumstances of the two "student bodies" are definitely NOT equal.
  • "Equivalent" seems to allow more of a transformation.
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pokhAccording 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/equal to the enrollment of the nation’s four-year colleges and universities.
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