coronary event

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coronary event

by 2010gmat » Sun Nov 08, 2009 7:17 am
American Heart Association researchers have calculated that one person in the United States should experience a coronary event every 26 seconds.

one person in the United States should experience a coronary event every 26 seconds

a person in the United States should experience a coronary event once in every 26 seconds

a coronary event will strike one person in the United States once in every 26 seconds

every 26 seconds a person in the United States will experience a coronary event

a coronary event will strike one person in the United States every 26 seconds

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by gmatv09 » Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:08 am
IMO D ...

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by 2010gmat » Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:09 am
why not E or C??

i would appreciate if you can explain a bit...

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by nittinj » Sun Nov 08, 2009 12:42 pm
C&E are passive construction and awkward in meaning....they imply that - every 26 event will strike only one person !!

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by Abdulla » Sun Nov 08, 2009 3:32 pm
I will go with E.

What is the OA?
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by umaa » Sun Nov 08, 2009 3:41 pm
IMO D. I agree with nittinj. C and E are changing the meaning.
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by vivek.kapoor83 » Sun Nov 08, 2009 9:26 pm
imo d
in c & E...it looks like that one specific person is the target, while original meaning is something diff.

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by [email protected] » Sun Nov 08, 2009 10:05 pm
IMO: D...

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Re: coronary event

by soni.vikasvardhan » Sun Nov 08, 2009 10:58 pm
I think its A...

For all the options where " a person in United states", it applies to everybody in united states... If I say " A person in United states gets visa to india easily". Here again it applies to all in united states..
Please correct if I am going wrong...

Also OA pls...

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by 2010gmat » Mon Nov 09, 2009 12:55 am
OA iS d

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by sunnyjohn » Mon Nov 09, 2009 1:05 am
It has to be D.

A and B - wrong - usage of that + should
C and E - changing the meaning - how:-

an event will strike one person in US every 26 seconds.

it could mean that:-
a specific even lets say, a shoe..
E ==> a shoe will strike Bush every 26 seconds.
C ==> a shoe will strike Bush once in every 26 seconds.

Also, Researchers have calculated --> must modify time.
so, in D:
..calculated that every 26 seconds, a person in US will experience an event...!

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by 2010gmat » Mon Nov 09, 2009 1:28 am
ok lets take E and D...thats where i am stuck

E ==> a shoe will strike Bush every 26 seconds.

D=> every 26 sec bush will be struck by a shoe...

i am unable to understand the diff between E and D,,,

IS IT THAT In d time is modified and thats why it is correct or in E intended meaning is not clear....

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by tanviet » Mon Nov 09, 2009 2:20 am
there is a similar question in OG 10

"one" refers to a specific person and is wrong. "a" is right

"a corona event" dose not need "once"

D is left.

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by 2010gmat » Mon Nov 09, 2009 2:31 am
that makes sense....is it og 10 or 11??