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<p>Q1:The decision that [has just been] [agreed with] by the committee members should serve as a basis [for their] work in the [years to come]. No error
--The answer is [agreed with]. Why should it be "agreed to"? I thought it was "agreed on"...</p>

<p>Q2: In January, 1919, individual state legislatures started [to vote on] [whether] they [will support] the proposed Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution [as] an instrument of national prohibition. No error
-- The answer is [will support]. I couldn't determine whether correct answer was "would support" or "supported". THe explanation says it is "would support"...
*Why wouldn't "supported" work? It says 1919...</p>

<p>Q3: By 1873, Coney Island was well on its way [to becoming] the most frequented summer resort in America, attracting crowds [that number] 25 to 30 thousand visitors [on] weekends and [as many as] 10 thousand midweek. No error
-- THe answer is [that number]. I understand the verb tense issue now but why is "to becoming" correct? Shouldn't it be "to become"?</p>

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<p>For (1):</p>

<p>The applicable prepositional idioms are:</p>

<p>agree to (do something) – Jane agreed to go to a concert with Lisa.
agree with (someone) – Jane preferred the symphony. Lisa agreed with Jane.
agree on (something) – It was the first time that month that they agreed on doing something together.</p>

<p>There’s also:
agree upon (something)</p>

<p>There are several other verbs that use with and to in a similar manner, as for example:</p>

<p>annoyed with (someone)
reconciled with (someone)</p>

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<p>Q2</p>

<p>The key word in the sentence is the past verb “started”. Then. When you look at the sentence and thr answer choice “will support”, you see it is wrong. To make the past future, you use “would“. For instance, consider this </p>

<p>I said that i will do the dishes.</p>

<p>That sounds wrong.</p>

<p>It is not a question of would vs wouldnt. It is a question of correct verb tense.</p>

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