Question

The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer. She is / as more intelligent as / her brothers are.

• A. She is
• B. No error.
• C. her brothers are.
• D. as more intelligent as

Answer 1

Answer:

D. as more intelligent as

• This sentence fails to follow the correct rules for Degrees of Comparison. The Problem: When we use the structure as... as to compare two things of equal quality, we must use the positive degree (the base form) of the adjective. The Error: "More intelligent" is a comparative degree, which is used with "than" (e.g., more intelligent than). You cannot mix the "as... as" structure with a comparative word like "more." The Fix: Change "more intelligent" to "intelligent." Correct Sentence: "She is as intelligent as her brothers are."