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by gmat_perfect » Tue Aug 24, 2010 2:58 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]OA: D[/spoiler]

Why not C?
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by beatthegmatinsept » Tue Aug 24, 2010 3:43 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 'should be' incorrect. Also not parallel.
(B) a human being should be struck by a meteorite once in every nine years 'should be' incorrect. Also not parallel.

(C) a meteorite will strike one human being once in every nine years -Parallelism error(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 'should be' incorrect. Also not parallel.


[spoiler]OA: D[/spoiler]

Why not C?
C does not pass the Parallelism test.

The second half of the sentence (non-underlined part)says 'while each year sixteen buildings can be expected to sustain damage from such objects', option D says, "every nine years a human being will be struck by a meteorite'.

Hence, parallel. Does that help?
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by pesfunk » Mon Nov 08, 2010 4:36 pm
Hmm...parallelism issue.

The second half of the sentence starts with "while each year". Thus, even the first part should start with some year comparison. Option D does it correctly with "every nine years"
gmat_perfect wrote: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]OA: D[/spoiler]

Why not C?
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