<p>someone need not apply
I put error for the need not reply. it should be needs not apply. someone isn’t plural. </p>
<p>another tricky one was the “vary as” and “vary with”. I put vary as. I dont remember what the sentence was, but in context it made more sense to me.</p>
<p>I remember one I was trying to decide between no error and option that was something like “such ___ as”…does anyone remember this question and what you put?</p>
<p>collegebound i thought the “vary as” “vary with” question was difficult as well</p>
<p>i put “vary as”, then switched it to “vary with”.</p>
<p>im trying to find the usage online. the thing is, i know that the expression “vary with” is used colloquially, but im not sure if it’s correct in Standard English.</p>
<p>**** **** ****… I put No error for Someone need not apply… I spent like 2 mins arguing with myself that it should be NEEDS not… but then I thought wait, this could be a tricky trick question… because if I switch around the words it comes out to be someone does not need… and then I thought NO, that’s because I put in does. And then I was like, oh trust yourself. Gahhhh</p>
<p>Oh ****. Thanks CC.</p>
<p>Yea, I’m 150% sure it’s vary with.
And it can definitely NEVER be vary as…
“Vary in” is used to refer to the object of the sentence (“cars” is the object: the cars vary in size). “Vary with” refers to the subject (the reaction varies with “people”).</p>
<p>Ummm… “Someone need not apply” is actually grammatically correct. </p>
<p>In that case, the word “need” was an auxiliary verb (such as “can” or “do” or “may”) instead of the main verb, and, because of this, need not agree with the subject (sorry, I couldn’t resist!).</p>
<p>Think of it this way:</p>
<p>“Someone can not apply” and “Someone may not apply” are both grammatically correct. “Need not apply” works the same way.</p>
<p>So, I was right?
I WAS RIGHT?!?!
I knew I didn’t waste those 2 mins for nothing. I’m glad I trust myself right now.
(Ignore that last post).</p>
<p>Quickandslowly please don’t change your mind like you did with the 9/6 math question. You have no idea how happy I was you had also put 9 and then how disappointed I was that we both were wrong… (although there’s still a possibility we both could be right and everyone else could be wrong… )</p>
<p>Haha, thanks. The confusing thing with the word “need” is that it functions sometimes as a main verb and sometimes as an auxiliary. For example:</p>
<p>“He needs a glass of water” is correct and “He needs not a glass of water” is not correct. In this case, “need” is the main verb. </p>
<p>In cases where “need” functions as the auxiliary verb, then “needs” will never be used, in the way that “cans” and “mays” also are never used. “Can” and “May” ALWAYS function as auxiliary verbs.</p>