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The city will lose more than one million dollars in much-needed revenue when the shopping center on Beacon Drive will close sometime in the next year and move to a different county.
will close sometime in the next year and move to a different county
closes sometime in the next year and moves to a different county
will close in the next year sometime and move to a different county
closes sometime in the next year and will move to a different county
will close sometime in the next year and then move to a different county
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The contruction is
"If X happens, Y will happen".
"If" is to impart sense of uncertainity. The same is "When" , that is we donnot know the exact time
of occurance of the event. The constuct remains ....
"When X happens, Y will happen".
But if you say,
"When X will happen, Y will happen" , you definitely loose the sense of uncertainity - isn't it ?
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kudos for hunt gmat.. for the above explanation..r eally brilliant..
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Re: Sc – verb tense [#permalink]
23 Nov 2011, 02:35
huntgmat wrote: The contruction is
"If X happens, Y will happen".
"If" is to impart sense of uncertainity. The same is "When" , that is we donnot know the exact time
of occurance of the event. The constuct remains ....
"When X happens, Y will happen".
But if you say,
"When X will happen, Y will happen" , you definitely loose the sense of uncertainity - isn't it ?
Comments Welcomed ! great explanation! thanks ! 
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Re: The city will lose more than one million dollars in [#permalink]
23 Nov 2011, 09:13
I chose B.
"The city will lose more than one million dollars in much-needed revenue when the shopping center on Beacon Drive..."
That is a prediction into the future, so this means there has to be a basis for the claim. The original sentence adds "...will close sometime in the next year and move to a different county." The extra "will" is excessive and makes the sentence confusing.
B is more concise and yet addresses the basis for the future prediction.
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Re: The city will lose more than one million dollars in [#permalink]
23 Nov 2011, 10:25
The simple present and consistency in tense are needed here. So, only B is the best answer choice :D.
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