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by real2008 » Sat Jun 06, 2009 10:23 am
Canadian scientists have calculated that one human being should be struck every nine years by a meteorite, while each year sixteen buildings can be expected to sustain damage from such objects.
(A) one human being should be struck every nine years by a meteorite
(B) a human being should be struck by a meteorite once in every nine years
(C) a meteorite will strike one human being once in every nine years
(D) every nine years a human being will be struck by a meteorite
(E) every nine years a human being should be struck by a meteorite


what is wrong in C? oa....... well after discussion
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by Domnu » Sat Jun 06, 2009 12:31 pm
[spoiler]It's not parallel with the second half of the sentence.[/spoiler]

Because of this, the answer should be E.
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by Mayur Sand » Sat Jun 06, 2009 7:36 pm
what is wrong with (D) ?Please explain

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by real2008 » Sat Jun 06, 2009 7:44 pm
Domnu wrote:[spoiler]It's not parallel with the second half of the sentence.[/spoiler]

Because of this, the answer should be E.
i got the point. oa is D.

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by SanjeevK » Mon Jun 08, 2009 8:05 am
Between D and E, D is correct.
E tells that Scientists have calculated that every nine years a human being should be struck by a meteorite. The scientists are not giving opinion. They are merely prdicting hence it should be "will" instead of "should"

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