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Could you tell me whether the following sentence is fine?
Thank you.

All kinds of college entrance exam are aimed at limiting the number of students who can enter college from all students who want to study in college.

It has various problems.
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Clive · Accepted Answer

Could you tell me whether the following sentence is fine?
Thank you.

All kinds of college entrance exam are aimed at limiting the number of students who can enter college from all students who want to study in college.

It has various problems.
Say
eg All college entrance exams are aimed at limiting the number of students who can enter.

Clive

Lucas21c · Answer

Thank you for your comments.
Could you tell me how about the following revised one?
Does it sound more English?

All college entrance exams are aimed at limiting the number of students who can enter by selecting qualified ones from all who want to study in college.

Clive · Answer

Hi,

Could you tell me how about the following revised one?
Does it sound more English?

All college entrance exams are aimed at limiting the number of students who can enter, comma by selecting qualified ones from all who want to study in college.

It's correct grammar, nut not really natural because you are using too many words to say something simple.

Clive

AlpheccaStars · Answer

College entrance exams are designed to be selective so that only the highest qualified candidates will pass and be admitted.

Dimsumexpress · Answer

lucas21cAll college entrance exams are aimed at limiting the number of students who can enter by selecting qualified ones from all who want to study in college.

lucas21,
This is how I analyze your original sentence. I hope I am correct!

I think the "issues" , as Clive mentioned, maybe the choice of words and your trying to include too much in one breath, Instead of " All kind of exams" which is a sloppy expression in my opinion, I prefer "Many /some college exams..." etc, depedning on what exactly you intended to say. When we use quantitative phrases, we'd better know how many or how much we are trying to include. All, many, few, and some all carry different degrees of quantitative value which changes the meaning of the context. Secondly, "Aimed", "designed" or "geared" are all possible verbs, Again, personally, I prefer "designed" or "geared" . We all know college entrance exams are designed to filter out / eliminate students with low academic achievement/ aptitude. Basically, that was what your sentence tried to say and this is the negative way of saying it. You can also look at it from a positive light and say " All college entrance exams are designed to evaluate / test the academic / scholaristic aptitide of all the students who plan to go to college...". So you see, it depends on how you put the words together in a context, the connotation changes. Hope this helps.

Lucas21c · Answer

I really appreciate all of your comments.
Thank all of you for your help!

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