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<p>BB p782</p>

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<li>Although born in the Midwest, Langston Hughes lived most of his adult life in Harlem, in New York City, where like other writers in the 1930's, he had wrote some of his finest works. </li>
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<p>Why is "he had wrote" wrong?</p>

<p>p781
In the wild, pygmy chimpanzees are found only in an inaccessible region south of the Zaire River, since such is the case, very few are in captivity. </p>

<p>answer: [e] and so no more than a few are in captivity. </p>

<p>How is "no more than a few" grammatically correct? Please explain this.</p>

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<p>the correct answer would be he wrote.</p>

<p>no more than a few is correct. it’s saying that only a few are in captivity.</p>

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<p>Could someone provide in depth explanations to the questions I proposed? Thanks.</p>

<p>Also, would ‘more than a few’ and ‘less than a few’ be considered grammatically correct?</p>

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<p>Anyone?1??</p>

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<p>sun is wrong.</p>

<p>“had” is correct, as the action is before he “lived” in south harlem. however, the correct form would be “had written” (irregular past participle)</p>

<p>no more than (____________) = correct phrase
no more than a few
no more than 5 people lived to tell the tale
all work</p>