Meteorites strike human beings, buildings !

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Meteorites strike human beings, buildings !

by ronsom » Fri May 28, 2010 8:58 pm
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

[spoiler]OG explains Choice D to be the best because "the phrasing is concise and free of unintended suggestions, and the use of the indefinite article in a human being is appropriate for describing what is expected to be true only on the average."
However, I am confused b/w D and E because the second half of the sentence includes "expected to"... there is a tinge of uncertainity.. or that the scientists are not completely certain for a building to be struck every 16 years.. they think it would happen. Following parallelism, shouldn't E be a better choice?[/spoiler]
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by this_time_i_will » Fri May 28, 2010 10:31 pm
The use of "should" rules out E and other such choices.

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by ronsom » Fri May 28, 2010 11:48 pm
Thanks for the reply..
Let me rephrase my question..
Why is that we are ignoring "should" and including "will", when the later half of the sentence has "can be expected to sustain damage" instead of "will sustain damage"

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