Question

In the following sentence the underlined part contains as error. Alternatives to the underlined part are given as options.

Select the correct alternative.

The bread was drier and stale.

• A. dry
• B. much drier
• C. driest
• D. more drier

Answer 1

Answer:

A. dry

• This sentence requires parallelism. "Stale" is in the positive degree (simple form). Therefore, the word paired with it should also be in the positive degree. Correct: "The bread was dry and stale." Using "drier" (comparative) would only be correct if the sentence was comparing the bread to something else (e.g., "drier than the toast").