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what you are saying is essentially --

C. In a patient,the disease will be diagnosed after every few years.

D. After every few years,a patient (different once) will be diagnosed with the disease.

D meaning is clear and better.
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should be -- definitive

meaning patients are definitely diagnosed with the plague.This is not the case though. The second clause is an observation/future statement.
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Although modern science has essentially eradicated the bubonic plague from the industrialized word, the occasional patient should be diagonsed every few years with the disease.

A. the occasional patient should be diagonsed every few years with the disease -- should be... few years with the disease -- POE.
B. an occasional patient should be diagonsed with the disease once in every few years -- once in few years, should be POE.

C. the disease will be diagonsed in the occasional patient once in every few years -- the disease will be diagnosed --wrong usage. POE.
D. every few years the occasional patient will be diagonsed with the disease -- correct usage of will be and every few years.
E. every few years the occasional patient should be diagonsed with the disease -- should be ..POE.













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I understand the answer, but the question I have here is if we should use "if the occasional patient will be diagonsed" rather than use "the disease will be diagonsed"?
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I thought Should = recommendation or advise or suggestion
Will = 100% future.
Is 'will' required?
arent we suggesting that the occasional patent be diagonsed with disease?
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Except the idiomatic error of "once in every few years" in choice C, are there any problems of correct usage of "the occasional patient will be diagonsed" and " the disease will be diagonsed"? I still don't get why the answer is D instead of C.




amit2k9 wrote:
should be -- definitive

meaning patients are definitely diagnosed with the plague.This is not the case though. The second clause is an observation/future statement.
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Although modern science has essentially eradicated the bubonic plague from the industrialized word, the occasional patient should be diagonsed every few years with the disease.

A. the occasional patient should be diagonsed every few years with the disease -- should be... few years with the disease -- POE.
B. an occasional patient should be diagonsed with the disease once in every few years -- once in few years, should be POE.

C. the disease will be diagonsed in the occasional patient once in every few years -- the disease will be diagnosed --wrong usage. POE.
D. every few years the occasional patient will be diagonsed with the disease -- correct usage of will be and every few years.
E. every few years the occasional patient should be diagonsed with the disease -- should be ..POE.













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I thnk is because you diagnost a person, not the disease.
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+1 for D.

should has two broad uses:
1) Indicator of moral obligation : He should go home.
2) Used as Hypothetical subjunctive (less common in GMAT): Should he fail the exam, he will have to leave the college.

None of the usages fit out sentence, hence should is not the correct word => A, B and E out.

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Although modern science has essentially eradicated the bubonic plague from the industrialized word, the occasional patient should be diagonsed every few years with the disease.

A. the occasional patient should be diagonsed every few years with the disease - Should is wrong
B. an occasional patient should be diagonsed with the disease once in every few years - Should is wrong
C. the disease will be diagonsed in the occasional patient once in every few years - DIsease diagnosed ?? Its the patient who is diagnosed.
D. every few years the occasional patient will be diagonsed with the disease
E. every few years the occasional patient should be diagonsed with the disease - Should
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Although modern science has essentially eradicated the bubonic plague from the industrialized word, the occasional patient should be diagonsed every few years with the disease.

A. the occasional patient should be diagonsed every few years with the disease
B. an occasional patient should be diagonsed with the disease once in every few years
C. the disease will be diagonsed in the occasional patient once in every few years
D. every few years the occasional patient will be diagonsed with the disease
E. every few years the occasional patient should be diagonsed with the disease



should be - oh my god, really? NO!
another mistake - ONCE... why once?
A, B, C, and D are eliminated right away!
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I don't understand why "should be" is wrong?
Isn't it a suggestion that one should perform checkup,although the plague has been eradicated?

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D is definitely the best of the bunch. A, B, and E are immediately out because of "should." Surely the author doesn't think that people should be diagnosed with the plague!

C improves on all those, but there's a bit of redundancy. "The occasional patient" means one patient here or there, so we don't need "once in every few years." (The use of "in" there is also not idiomatic.)

D fixes the above problems without introducing any errors. "The occasional X" is a standard idiom: "I don't eat a lot of sweets, but I've been known to eat the occasional cookie." "An occasional" is actually wrong. Outside of this idiom, we wouldn't refer to a person as "occasional" unless we are saying that they occasionally serve in a particular role: "Shanna is an occasional guest on Meet the Press."

Can we also eliminate C on basis that The person is diagnosed with disease not the disease is diagnosed in person( illogical as stated in C)?
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Although modern science has essentially eradicated the bubonic plague from the industrialized word, the occasional patient should be diagonsed every few years with the disease.

A. the occasional patient should be diagonsed every few years with the disease
B. an occasional patient should be diagonsed with the disease once in every few years
C. the disease will be diagonsed in the occasional patient once in every few years
D. every few years the occasional patient will be diagonsed with the disease
E. every few years the occasional patient should be diagonsed with the disease

I understand the answer, but the question I have here is if we should use "if the occasional patient will be diagonsed" rather than use "the disease will be diagonsed"?
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The answer is D
There is a contrast in the sentence.
The bubonic plague is eradicated from the industrialist world but still we will see some patients with bubonic plague occasionally in few years.
D is correct as it conveys the correct meaning .
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D is definitely the best of the bunch. A, B, and E are immediately out because of "should." Surely the author doesn't think that people should be diagnosed with the plague!

C improves on all those, but there's a bit of redundancy. "The occasional patient" means one patient here or there, so we don't need "once in every few years." (The use of "in" there is also not idiomatic.)

D fixes the above problems without introducing any errors. "The occasional X" is a standard idiom: "I don't eat a lot of sweets, but I've been known to eat the occasional cookie." "An occasional" is actually wrong. Outside of this idiom, we wouldn't refer to a person as "occasional" unless we are saying that they occasionally serve in a particular role: "Shanna is an occasional guest on Meet the Press."


Is redundancy the only problem in C? I eliminated it on the basis that D was also in active voice and pretty much conveyed the same thing without any obvious error. I'm asking because this was a very subtle "redundancy" and may not always be visible. In that case, is the elimination between C and D on the basis of active / passive correct?

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Hi expert,
I don't understand why "should be" is wrong?
Isn't it a suggestion that one should perform checkup,although the plague has been eradicated?

Thanks

I chose should , I don’t understand why it us will and not shoul??

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sleepynut wrote:
Hi expert,
I don't understand why "should be" is wrong?
Isn't it a suggestion that one should perform checkup,although the plague has been eradicated?

Thanks

I chose should , I don’t understand why it us will and not shoul??

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Hello Kapil1650,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, the use of "should" is incorrect here because "should" conveys a sense of obligation/desirability.

We hope this helps.
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