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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. ""
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
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20 Oct 2005, 22:31
For parallelism, 17 commercials should come at the end
Between B and C, pick C. 'should be' suggests 'not definite' and this is parallel to 'can be expected to' in the non-underlined part of the passage
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20 Oct 2005, 23:07
Nice analysis, ywilfred! ^_^ ....it convinced me to choose C.
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20 Oct 2005, 23:17
I'll go for B...because of the word determined
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20 Oct 2005, 23:19
I don't know why, but am inclined to choose (A).

1. I guess that 'during' is better than 'in'.
2. I guess that 'should' is better than 'will'.

I know ywilfred and laxieqv are almost always right, and so I'm very suspicious of my own answer.
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21 Oct 2005, 07:41
OA is B.

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The main grammatical problem in the sentence as it originally stands is should be shown. Looking at the rest of the sentence, you can see that should be shown contrasts with can be expected to contain. Should is wrong because it indicates that the number of commercials per sitcom is hypothetical; it needs to be changed to will be shown or an equally declarative construction in order for the sentence to be grammatically correct. Only choices B and E make that correction. Eliminate E for changing during a half hour sitcom to by a half hour sitcom. The alteration changes the meaning of the original sentence and makes no sense in its own right: the sitcom cant show commercials. B remains.
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21 Oct 2005, 07:43
IMO determined and should dont go together, I mean if you determined something...your are positively sure...its definite....should here is redundant...B is best...
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21 Oct 2005, 08:41
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OA is B.

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The main grammatical problem in the sentence as it originally stands is should be shown. Looking at the rest of the sentence, you can see that should be shown contrasts with can be expected to contain. Should is wrong because it indicates that the number of commercials per sitcom is hypothetical; it needs to be changed to will be shown or an equally declarative construction in order for the sentence to be grammatically correct. Only choices B and E make that correction. Eliminate E for changing during a half hour sitcom to by a half hour sitcom. The alteration changes the meaning of the original sentence and makes no sense in its own right: the sitcom cant show commercials. B remains.

I have points here that I'm not too clear about. I think both of us agree that 'should' is hypothetical. But I think 'can be expected' is also hypothetical. For instance "Rain is expected to fall tomorrow" doesn't mean rain will fall but very likely. So in a way, the forecast is hypothetical, isnit it?
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21 Oct 2005, 09:08
I have points here that I'm not too clear about. I think both of us agree that 'should' is hypothetical. But I think 'can be expected' is also hypothetical. For instance "Rain is expected to fall tomorrow" doesn't mean rain will fall but very likely. So in a way, the forecast is hypothetical, isnit it?

ywilfred> In my experience there are different levels of expressing probability in English by using harder vs. softer modals.
Hypothethical expressions vary in meaning, from the somewhat improbable (softer) "could" to the most probable (harder) "will." "Can" is slightly higher in possibility than "could,"whereas "might," "maybe," "should," "probably," " and "most likely" fall in between, respectively.

As for the chance of rain tommorrow, you might want use this sequence as a rough guide:

cant-->wont-->highly improbable-->improbable-->possible-->could-->can-->might-->may(maybe)-->should-->probably-->most likely-->definately-->must-->will-->absolutely will

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21 Oct 2005, 14:57
on the exam day I will get this one wrong, I would have choosen C as well.

but very good explanation on hypothetical expression GMATt73!.
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