<li>THe fourth Harry Potter movie (debuted, had its debut) in November 2005</li>
<li>The committee (adopted, passed) a resolution calling for a local day honoring the homeless.
3.The (farther, further) the nation gets from the Florida election dispute, the more it seems to be forgotten</li>
<li>Currently, the play is (having its premiere, premiering) in Paris</li>
<li>The bill (will, would) provide more funding for airport security.</li>
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<ol>
<li>THe fourth Harry Potter movie (debuted, had its debut) in November 2005</li>
<li>The committee (adopted, passed) a resolution calling for a local day honoring the homeless.
3.The (farther, further) the nation gets from the Florida election dispute, the more it seems to be forgotten</li>
<li>Currently, the play is (having its premiere, premiering) in Paris</li>
<li>The bill (will, would) provide more funding for airport security.******</li>
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<p>For #'s 2 and 3 both options are correct and neither is preferable to the other. For #5, it depends on the context. "The bill would provide" is the conditional tense, meaning that if the bill were to be passed, it would provide for [blah]. "Will provide" is the future tense, meaning that the bill is going to be passed, and is going to provide for [blah].</p>
<p>I agree with godfatherbob on everything besides #3. Shouldn't it be further, since it is an amount of time, not distance?</p>
<p>^Yea, I guess further is preferable. On the SAT though you'd never have to make so close a call.</p>
<p>yeah...i do believe m-w says they are essentially interchangable..but i'm one of those grammar nazis lol</p>