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New data from United States Forest Service ecologists show that for every dollar spent on controlled small-scale burning, forest thinning, and the training of fire-management personnel, it saves seven dollars that would not be spent on having to extinguish big fires.

(A) that for every dollar spent on controlled small-scale burning, forest thinning, and the training of fire-management personnel, it saves seven dollars that would not be spent on having to extinguish
(B) that for every dollar spent on controlled small-scale burning, forest thinning, and the training of fire-management personnel, seven dollars are saved that would have been spent on extinguishing
(C) that for every dollar spent on controlled small-scale burning, forest thinning, and the training of fire-management personnel saves seven dollars on not having to extinguish
(D) for every dollar spent on controlled small-scale burning, forest thinning, and the training of fire-management personnel, that it saves seven dollars on not having to extinguish
(E) for every dollar spent on controlled small-scale burning, forest thinning, and the training of fire-management
personnel, that seven dollars are saved that would not have been spent on extinguishing

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Hello Experts ,
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In correct answer choice B , what is the meaning conveyed by the use of PRESENT PERFECT TENSE have been spent

According to me , Present Perfect tense is used to show something started in the past and still going on / still having the effect.

In Option B , have been spent depicts that seven dollars were spent in the past and are still being spent.
Is this the meaning conveyed ?

To add to the confusion WOULD has been added. According to me WOULD can be used in 3 ways:-
1. Hypothetical event
2. Used in IF THEN construction
3. To refer to future event from past perspective.

Which way WOULD is used here?

Also, Please help me understand this structure of WOULD + PRESENT PERFECT TENSE and what the structure means ?

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Perfective aspect shows completion. So Present perfect shows completion but recency.

I have done my homework.
My homework has been done.
(An action in a period leading up to the present but the action is complete)

'would' is used in the case of Second & Third Conditionals (hypothetical or unlikely cases)
For example:
If he had told me this earlier, I would have helped him. (future in the past)

Here, in our original sentence, we have a hypothetical situation:
If a dollar had not been spent on controlled small-scale burning, forest thinning etc., then seven dollars would have been spent on extinguishing big fires.

This is how the sentence represents it:
For every dollar spent, we save 7 dollars that would have been spent on extinguishing big fires {if the dollar had not been spent}

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Hi Karishma,

Can you please explain the sentence structure of E?

New data show(verb) - Main clause
for every dollar...., - prepositional modifier
That seven dollars - DC

Is IC comma DC a valid structure?
(E) for every dollar spent on controlled small-scale burning, forest thinning, and the training of fire-management
personnel, that seven dollars are saved that would not have been spent on extinguishing

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Hello Sneha2021,

Although your query is not addressed to me, here are my two cents.

You have correctly identified the structure of Choice E. We do have an IC, and then a comma + that + DC. Generally, an Ic and DC can be connected by a comma, but in those cases, the connector "that" is not used. However, when we use the connector "that" to join an IC and a DC, "that" is not preceded by a comma. So, Choice E is erroneous in terms of its structure. Moreover, this choice distorts the logical meaning of the sentence as well.

Hope this helps.

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When subordinate clause appears after the main clause, we do not use a comma in between.
'Main clause, that clause' is incorrect.

In any case, (E) makes no sense since 'show' needs 'that' after it.

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New data from United States Forest Service ecologists show that for every dollar spent on controlled small-scale burning, forest thinning, and the training of fire-management personnel, it saves seven dollars that would not be spent on having to extinguish big fires.

(A) that for every dollar spent on controlled small-scale burning, forest thinning, and the training of fire-management personnel, it saves seven dollars that would not be spent on having to extinguish

(B) that for every dollar spent on controlled small-scale burning, forest thinning, and the training of fire-management personnel, seven dollars are saved that would have been spent on extinguishing

(C) that for every dollar spent on controlled small-scale burning, forest thinning, and the training of fire-management personnel saves seven dollars on not having to extinguish

(D) for every dollar spent on controlled small-scale burning, forest thinning, and the training of fire-management personnel, that it saves seven dollars on not having to extinguish

(E) for every dollar spent on controlled small-scale burning, forest thinning, and the training of fire-management personnel, that seven dollars are saved that would not have been spent on extinguishing

I have a doubt with the questions. Is there an issue in parallel structure?? All options have...

for every dollar spent on controlled small-scale burning, forest thinning, and the training of fire-management personnel... is "the" after "and" not an issue??

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New data from United States Forest Service ecologists show that for every dollar spent on controlled small-scale burning, forest thinning, and the training of fire-management personnel, it saves seven dollars that would not be spent on having to extinguish big fires.

(A) that for every dollar spent on controlled small-scale burning, forest thinning, and the training of fire-management personnel, it saves seven dollars that would not be spent on having to extinguish

(B) that for every dollar spent on controlled small-scale burning, forest thinning, and the training of fire-management personnel, seven dollars are saved that would have been spent on extinguishing

(C) that for every dollar spent on controlled small-scale burning, forest thinning, and the training of fire-management personnel saves seven dollars on not having to extinguish

(D) for every dollar spent on controlled small-scale burning, forest thinning, and the training of fire-management personnel, that it saves seven dollars on not having to extinguish

(E) for every dollar spent on controlled small-scale burning, forest thinning, and the training of fire-management personnel, that seven dollars are saved that would not have been spent on extinguishing

It is the distinction between a gerund (does not take an article) and a verbal noun (with an article).
You can ignore the difference and yes, they will be considered parallel as long as they are the best option we have.

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