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<p>Could anyone explain me the answers to me?</p>

<li>Quincy took Dan to Derek’s home for a visit, never imagining that years would pass before seeing Derek again. No Error.</li>
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<p>Answer: D</p>

<li>Someone who uses a computer to perform only such tasks as word processing and sending email need not to buy the most advance model. No Error.</li>
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<p>Answer: E
C: need not sounds kinda weird to me.</p>

<li>When recipes for iced teas appeared in a few late 19th century cook books, the drink did not become popular until the 1904 World’s Fair. No Errors.</li>
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<p>Answer: A
Sentence sounds funny, but I don’t get when doesn’t work</p>

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<p>1.It should be "he is able to see" or "able to see". Not good at explaining..
-ing verbs are kind of awkward.. </p>

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<li><p>I thought it was D, b/c it should be most ADVANCED model. </p></li>
<li><p>Yeah it is kind of weird... perhaps it should be "Even though"</p></li>
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<li>should be "having seen". Verb tense error, should be in past perfect
2.There is nothing grammatically wrong with "need not", it is synonymous with "should not"</li>
<li>Danging modifier(or participle I forget). Change "When" to "Although"</li>
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<p>^ ty!! yeah lol although sounds much better, I just couldnt get my hands on it</p>

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<p>I think need not is wrong. If anything, it should at least be needs not since its referring to someone.</p>

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<p>for first one, i think is had passed. and the second one is Needs not</p>

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<p>"Quincy took Dan to Derek's home for a visit, never imagining that years had passed before seeing Derek again. </p>

<p>how does that make any sense?</p>

<p>as for the needs not argument I think that "need not" is comparable to an idiom, it just need sot be stated that way.</p>

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<p>need not is a modal verb. same as can not, might not.. i posted this q long ago,and begoner cleared it up for me. u might wanna do a search if u want the complete explanation.</p>

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<ol>
<li>Quincy took Dan to Derek's home for a visit, never imagining that years would pass before she sees Derek again??</li>
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<p>*** is up with need not. ren I looked in your topics but you have like a biollion that says writing help.</p>

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<p>by Begoner
In English, there are modal verbs such as "can," "will," and "must." These verbs have an identical singular and plural form and do not take an infinitive. For example, you say that "he can run" or "they can run" rather than "he can to run" or "they cans run." Of course, this is common sense. However, "need" is more tricky because it can be used as a modal verb, but it can also be used as a regular verb depending on the context. So you can say that "she needs to wash the dishes" or "she need wash the dishes." The latter usage is becoming increasingly scarce in the English language (generally, only the negative form, as in "she need not wash the dishes," is used). Due to the lack of an infinitive, it is clear that the modal form is being used. But, by ear, you can tell that a construction such as "he needs run" makes no sense. Also, note that the modal "need" has no past tense -- you can't say that "someone needed buy a car."</p>

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<p>where are those questions from? i think for question1, D is supposed to be like "would see"</p>

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<p>^ may 2008 sat qas</p>

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<p>thank you ren. So how can we be sure if we have to correct need?</p>

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<p>heres another question:</p>

<p>The survey showed that most shoppers who drive prefer the mall more than downtown stores simply because finding parking is less difficult at the mall. No error.</p>

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<p>^^ Is the answer B: more than? If so, it is idiomatic. It is prefer... to...</p>

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<p>B? more than just sounds awkward... perhaps it should be "over" or "as to" or "rather than"</p>

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<p>yeah it's b..so it's an idiom error?</p>

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<p>b for sure</p>

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<p>yes, this is very obvious if u have a idiom list. this prefer..to.. prob has been posted a numerous times, i see people always getting tripped by this xD
prefer..to... no matter what
prefers eating to drinking...</p>

<p>nbafan,what do u mean?</p>