4 structure questions

[aioria]

hello
take a look to this questions

**( In this sentence you must find the mistake. The key says the sentence is correct but I don´t think that . For me there is a mistake on the sentence. Let´s see what you think about it)

Since his murder , John Lennon has become a legend among those who had been his fans

The next 3 are a little tricky , take a look at them , and try to answer them

As the demand increases , manufacturers who previously produced only a large , luxury car is compelled to make a smaller model in order to compete in the market


Farmers look forward to (...............) every summer

a) participating in the county fairs
b) to participate in the county fairs
c) be participating in the county fairs
d) have participated in the county fairs


One of the world´s best-selling authors, Louis LÁmour said to have written 101 books , mostly westerns

[kennyp]

1. I think the first sentence is correct grammatically. He has become a legend since his murder. Using the past perfect(had been his fans) tells us that the people who consider him a legend were his fans in a previous time period(before his murder). It's possible that they remained fans after his murder, but the sentence is concerned only with the fact that they were fans before.

2. The main subject is "manufacturers" and the main verb is "is", so "is" should be changed to "are" for correct subject-verb agreement.

3. We need an object for the preposition "to". Since we don't have a noun, pronoun or noun clause as choices, we must use a gerund or gerund phrase, so the correct answer is A.

4. Louis L'Amour didn't say anything. A person or persons said something about him. Therefore we need the passive construction, "...Louis L'Amour is said to have...".

[learn_to_success]

3. it look so strange, but:

(object to, look forward to) + V-ing.

[aioria]

exactly !! kennyp and learn_to_success

Im still doubting about the first one

what do you think about making this change :

Since his murder , John Lennon has become a legend among those who have been his fans

"have" instead of "had"

??

[kennyp]

"Have" is also correct, but it means that they continue to be his fans to the present. "Had" means that they were fans to a point in the past (in this case, probably "his murder").