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by akhpad » Thu May 20, 2010 12:47 am
Source: KAPLAN 800

The network determined that seventeen commercials should be shown during a half-hour sitcom, while a one-hour drama can be expected to contain twenty-nine.

A: seventeen commercials should be shown during a half-hour sitcom
B: in a half-hour sitcom seventeen commercials will be shown
C: in a half-hour sitcom, seventeen commercials should be shown
D: seventeen commercials should be shown in a half-hour sitcom
E: seventeen commercials will be shown by a half-hour sitcom

OA: B

I couldn't able to eliminate.
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by concept » Thu May 20, 2010 1:56 am
Parallelism is my explantion. Please correct me if I am wrong.

A will have X while B can be expected to contain Y - parallelism
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by akhpad » Thu May 20, 2010 8:15 pm
concept wrote:Parallelism is my explantion. Please correct me if I am wrong.

A will have X while B can be expected to contain Y - parallelism
If so ...
I believe that all the choices follow this parallelism.
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by thephoenix » Thu May 20, 2010 8:28 pm
issue is of correct comparison

a)seventeen commercials is compared to a one hour drama.........not a correct comparison
b)half hour sitcom is comapred to a one hour drama.............correct
c), seventeen commercials should be shown , ..........this is an essential information and should not be separated by comma
d)seventeen commercials is compared to a one hour drama.........not a correct comparison
e)seventeen commercials is compared to a one hour drama.........not a correct comparison
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by akhpad » Thu May 20, 2010 8:43 pm
Thanks for details

In "a one-hour drama" => "one-hour" is adj and "drama" is noun
In "in a half-hour sitcom seventeen commercials" => "half-hour' is adj and "sitcom" is noun

this comparison is fine for me.

Is "seventeen commercials" a subject and "in a half-hour sitcom' is adj?
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by frank1 » Thu May 20, 2010 9:16 pm
B sounded like runoff sentence for me...

Is something being compared here..?

parallelism seems to be logic but still runoff
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by paridhi » Thu May 20, 2010 11:02 pm
akhp77 wrote:Source: KAPLAN 800

The network determined that seventeen commercials should be shown during a half-hour sitcom, while a one-hour drama can be expected to contain twenty-nine.

A: seventeen commercials should be shown during a half-hour sitcom
B: in a half-hour sitcom seventeen commercials will be shown
C: in a half-hour sitcom, seventeen commercials should be shown
D: seventeen commercials should be shown in a half-hour sitcom
E: seventeen commercials will be shown by a half-hour sitcom

OA: B

I couldn't able to eliminate.
I am confused. The sentence contains should be shown whereas B contains will be shown - doesn't it change the meaning of the sentence.
The network determined that something should be shown - means it is not necessarily currently true.

Please explain.
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by dkher » Thu May 20, 2010 11:26 pm
paridhi wrote:
akhp77 wrote:Source: KAPLAN 800

The network determined that seventeen commercials should be shown during a half-hour sitcom, while a one-hour drama can be expected to contain twenty-nine.

A: seventeen commercials should be shown during a half-hour sitcom
B: in a half-hour sitcom seventeen commercials will be shown
C: in a half-hour sitcom, seventeen commercials should be shown
D: seventeen commercials should be shown in a half-hour sitcom
E: seventeen commercials will be shown by a half-hour sitcom

OA: B

I couldn't able to eliminate.
I am confused. The sentence contains should be shown whereas B contains will be shown - doesn't it change the meaning of the sentence.
The network determined that something should be shown - means it is not necessarily currently true.

Please explain.


should be and can be should be parallel
One more thing if we say something in past for th future such as in this case determined then then future verb tense should be should or would
it should be during a half-hour sitcom and not in a half hour sitcom
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by KapTeacherEli » Mon May 24, 2010 12:39 pm
paridhi wrote: I am confused. The sentence contains should be shown whereas B contains will be shown - doesn't it change the meaning of the sentence.
The network determined that something should be shown - means it is not necessarily currently true.

Please explain.
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In common speech, we use 'should' to indicate probable but uncertain likelyhood. However, this usage is stylistically undesirable. On the GMAT, 'should' will be used to refer to the right, proper, or recommended course of action (rather than merely the likely one.)
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by tryingtocrack » Mon May 24, 2010 5:08 pm
The network determined that seventeen commercials should be shown during a half-hour sitcom, while a one-hour drama can be expected to contain twenty-nine.

A: seventeen commercials should be shown during a half-hour sitcom
B: in a half-hour sitcom seventeen commercials will be shown
C: in a half-hour sitcom, seventeen commercials should be shown
D: seventeen commercials should be shown in a half-hour sitcom
E: seventeen commercials will be shown by a half-hour sitcom

As already discussed earlier in this forum - Should is moral obligation .Eliminating A , C , D

Left with B and E . E is passive and changing the meaning .

So we are left with B
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