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Scientists have calculated that in the United States one human being should be struck each year by lightning, while each year almost every building can be expected to sustain some small damage from thunderstorms.

(A) one human being should be struck each year by a lightning
(B) a human being should be struck by a lightning once in each year
(C) lightning will strike one human being once in each year
(D) each year a human being will be struck by a lightning
(E) each year a human being should be struck by a lightning



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Re: Scientists have calculated that in the United States one [#permalink] New post   02 Oct 2005, 06:12
I go with C. "a lightning" in all the other choices sounds weird to me.
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Re: Scientists have calculated that in the United States one [#permalink] New post   02 Oct 2005, 07:19
jdtomatito wrote:
I go with C. "a lightning" in all the other choices sounds weird to me.


I'm going with D. Maintains parallelism with the subjunctive tense... "will be struck" in the undelined portion and "can be expected" in the last part.

A,B,E can be ruled out for "should".
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Re: Scientists have calculated that in the United States one [#permalink] New post   02 Oct 2005, 21:09
I pick D.
Scientists have calculated that <each year a human...> while each year almost every building...
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Re: Scientists have calculated that in the United States one [#permalink] New post   03 Oct 2005, 04:58
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Scientists have calculated that in the United States one human being should be struck each year by lightning, while each year almost every building can be expected to sustain some small damage from thunderstorms.

(A) one human being should be struck each year by a lightning
(B) a human being should be struck by a lightning once in each year
(C) lightning will strike one human being once in each year
(D) each year a human being will be struck by a lightning
(E) each year a human being should be struck by a lightning


"Will" is a correct usage than "should" hence A ,B and E are out.

Between c and D. D maintains the correct parallel form, "each year ...,while each year" so D looks correct. If we have to apply C to the original question, we will notice that "... once in each year, while each year almost..." making the sentence awkward.

So my answer is D.
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Re: Scientists have calculated that in the United States one [#permalink] New post   03 Oct 2005, 05:27
This is a straight D!!

C is wrong because C says .......once in each year.......The essence of the sentence is - each year a human being will be struck and not whether he/she will be struck once or twice!

A, B and E are easily out as should cannot be used in second or third person and more so in a subjunctive!
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Re: Scientists have calculated that in the United States one [#permalink] New post   03 Oct 2005, 11:47
I thought it would be between D and E and I chose E.

I thought D was too definitive "will" versus E "should"

can anyone explain this a little further?

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Re: Scientists have calculated that in the United States one [#permalink] New post   03 Oct 2005, 12:05
I think E... while 'will' sounds better, doesn't it change the meaning?
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Re: Scientists have calculated that in the United States one [#permalink] New post   04 Oct 2005, 18:05
I go for E. "Should" can also be used to express " a possible or expected future event".
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Re: Scientists have calculated that in the United States one [#permalink] New post   04 Oct 2005, 20:48
hmmm.... I will go with the crowd and D on this one!
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Re: Scientists have calculated that in the United States one [#permalink] New post   04 Oct 2005, 21:02
- A and B are just awful.
- I like C, but it doesn't really look parallel in the sentence
- Between D and E, D is better. The use of 'should' suggests a probability. 'will' is definite, and this goes well with the word 'can be expected to' later in the non-underlined part of the sentence

D for me.
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Re: Scientists have calculated that in the United States one [#permalink] New post   05 Oct 2005, 08:42
Sorry if I misled some of you, and double sorry for the late OA. :drunk

Answer is D.



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