Explanatory Notes for SCHO101105 1.

The error in the sentence is 'more interesting'. The words ‘of all the people’ indicate that the superlative degree of the adjective should be used. Hence the correction is 'was the most interesting'.

14. The correction is 'any other king of his age'. The sentence as it is, seems to imply that King Solomon was not a king. But the sentence seeks to convey that Solomon who was a king was wiser than other kings of his time. Hence the correction.

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The error in the sentence is one of the ‘erroneous adjective’ used i.e., 'a great volume of information'. The sentence involves a comparison between now and at any other time in human history. When a comparison is made, the adjective used should be in its comparative degree. Hence, the correction is 'a greater volume of information'.

15. The correction is ‘more brave than wise'. When two qualities of the same person or thing are compared, the comparative degree is formed by using ‘more’ with the first adjective. Hence the correction.

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The error is 'more wide'. The correction is 'wider than'. When the comparative degree of an adjective can be formed by adding ‘er’ to the word we do not use ‘more’. The correction is 'is preferable to'. The adjective ‘preferable’ is used as a comparative and should not be preceded by 'more'. Also it should be followed by 'to'. The correction is ‘looks cute’. ‘Cutely’ would refer to the manner in which the dog looks at others. Here ‘looks’ refers to appearance and should take the adjective ‘cute’.

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The error is 'few lessons'. The word 'few' without an article means ‘nothing at all’. Hence, the correction here is 'a few lessons' which means ‘some’.

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‘a little’ is incorrect because the sentence demands a negative sense and as such should be ‘little or no …..’

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The error in the sentence is 'most busiest'. The word 'most' should not precede the adjective if the superlative form of the adjective can be formed by adding ‘est’ to the word i.e., (the superlative degree of 'busy' is 'busiest'). Hence the correction is 'India’s busiest’.

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The sentence has no error. The adjective ‘prone’ can take the superlative degree ‘the most’ and it requires ‘to’ and an action verb which is in the progressive form to mean that someone is likely to be affected by something quite often.

10. 'Thirty-five years' is a noun which is used as a compound adjective qualifying career. These are never plural. Hence the correction is 'thirty five-year career'. 11. The error in the sentence is 'more inferior'. The adjective 'inferior' cannot be used in the comparative or superlative. Hence the correction is ‘they are inferior’. 12. In the given sentence, the comparison is between only two cities, and hence it is incorrect to use ‘most’. The superlative degree is not used. The comparative degree is used. Hence the correction is 'the more interesting city'.

16. The error is in the use of ‘earlier’ because it is used to show time. The correction is “…….the former seems…..” Former means ‘the first one’. 17. The correction in the sentence is 'as he was the eldest'. When the reference is to people belonging to the same family we use 'eldest'. Hence the correction 18. The correction is 'read very quickly'. The adverb 'quickly' modifies the verb 'read'. 19. In the sentence, scenery is compared to provinces, which is wrong. It should be scenery similar to the sceneries of adjoing provinces. And ‘sceneries’ can be replaced by definite pronoun those. Hence, ‘those of adjoining provinces’ is right. 20. After adjective + of + someone, there should be to + infinitive and not a gerund. Therefore, ‘to + kill’ is right. 21. For emphasis, we use the positive form ‘much’ with a comparative adjective but we don’t use two comparative forms together. Hence, ‘more’ should be removed in order to make the sentence grammatically correct. 22. In this sentence, riding is compared to car, which sounds absurd. Hence, the sentence requires an – ing verb before car to make the comparison parallel. Thus, it should be ‘driving a car’. 23. The comparison is between two prepositional phrases, so it requires ‘by’ before parents and teachers. 24. Since ‘obvious’ takes the preposition ‘to’ only, it should be to everyone and not for everyone. Adjective erring implies that the policy is erring, which is absurd. Hence, the correction is ‘erroneous foreign policy’. 25. The sentence compares the tribute to commitment to that to ability. Hence, it requires the conjunction ‘as’ before much to make the comparison complete – ‘as much to’. 26. The sentence has no error. Each always takes a singular verb. 27.

13. The correction is 'the poor and the deaf'. The adjective is used as a noun in this sentence. i.e., the reference is made to a particular class of people ('poor people' and ‘deaf people’). Hence it should be preceded by the definite article. Hence the correction.

‘Priorer than’ is grammatically incorrect. It should be ‘prior to’.

28. The word ‘preferable’ itself has the force of a comparitive and hence does not take a comparative – ‘more’. Therefore the correction is ‘An amicable solution, to the border dispute, is preferable to war’.

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29. The correction is “too tired to talk to …..…” because too ……. to go together. The adverb ‘very’ does not go with ‘to’. Hence the correction. The structure is too + adj + to + verb. Moreover, 'too .......... to' is used to suggest negative sense. (so .......... that .......... not). 30. The use of the adjective ‘mutual’ is incorrect here. ‘Mutual’ means reciprocal, ‘common’ means belonging to many, or to all. The latter (common) is more appropriate in the given sentence. 31. The correction is ‘Many a student was inspired’. ‘Many + a’ should be followed by a sentence in singular structure. 32. The correction is 'prevent further damage'. 'Farther' is used when talking about distance. The adjective 'further' means extra or additional. 33. The given sentence is erroneous because ‘junior’ is a comparative adjective that does not take 'than'. It takes 'to'. Hence the correction is ‘junior to’. 34. 'Most favourite' is incorrect usage because 'favourite' means ‘liked more’. It should not be preceded by the word 'most'. Hence the correction is ‘favourite subject’.

35. The correction is 'elder to me'. The word 'elder' is used when the reference is to the members of the same family. It does not have the comparative meaning, but has the positive meaning. Hence it does not take ‘than’, but takes 'to'. 36. The adjective ‘latter’ is used when the comparison is only between two things. Here the reference is to more than two items, hence ‘last’ is appropriate. The correction is ‘of the three colours red, yellow and blue he prefers the last.’ 37. ‘Verbal’ means ‘of or pertaining to words whereas ‘oral’ means ‘delivered by word of mouth. Since the reference is to instructions delivered by word of mouth, the adjective ‘oral’ should be used in place of verbal. The correction is ‘oral instructions are more formal……’. 38. When a comparison is made by using a comparitive adjective followed by than, the thing compared must always be excluded from the class of things with which it is compared, by using ‘other’. Hence, ‘all other rivers’. 39. Adjectives like ‘certain’ and ‘sure’ are followed by the that clause in order to express the subject’s opinion. Hence the correction is ‘.…..he is sure that he will…...’. 40. The correction is ‘in the northernmost states of Iran’. The word ‘northernmost’ is the superlative form of the word ‘north’. Hence the correction.

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