<p>Q1. Quincy took Dan to Derek's home for a visit, never imagining that five </p>
<p>years would pass before seeing Derek again.</p>
<p>-Why is (seeing) is wrong on that spot?</p>
<p>Q2. Someone who uses a personal computer to perform only such tasks as </p>
<p>word processing and sending e-mail need not buy the most advanced model </p>
<p>available on the market. </p>
<p>-Is (need not) a correct way of saying?</p>
<p>Q3. The director valued the actor not so much for his broad commercial appeal but (for being passionate and intelligent in approaching every role.)</p>
<p>The answer in the parenthesis is one that I chose, and the correct answer was "as for him approaching every role passionately and intelligently"</p>
<p>Q4. To attempt a comprehensive mapping of the human genome is </p>
<p>undertaking an extremely ambitious project</p>
<p>-The answer I chose was to change "genome is undertaking" to "genome undertakes", but the right answer was "genome is to undertake." Why is it so?</p>
<p>Please help me out from the quagmire of SAT questions. :)</p>
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<li>i think seeing is wrong because of improper modification; it's suppose to imply that "he see Derek again" , im not too sure on this</li>
<li>i've asked the same question; now i understand. "need not" is correct, it's a modal or w/e , just like 'could not, might not ' , a person need not play is correct, a person need play, is also correct.</li>
<li>i also got this wrong,but im mad because its easy;
the one u chose, like i did, is wrong because of 2 things
a) so much... is followed by as. not but.
b) if u look at the sentence carefully, the answer u choose is not parallel to the previous part, commerial appeal(noun), VS being intelligent(adj)</li>
<li>this is a easy question. infinitives throughout the whole sentence is needed, u cannot shift it to gerunds(-ing). for example:
to steal something is to break the law.
yeah something like that =p</li>
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<p>i’m supporting ren’s reasoning for the first question;</p>
<p>it is ambiguous as to whether ‘never imagining’ refers to quincy or dan; thus it is also ambiguous as to whether ‘seeing’ refers to quincy or dan. however, in order for the sentence to be correct, you would have to modify the word ‘seeing’, perhaps into ‘before quincy saw derek again.’</p>