A double comparative — Sentence Correction Aptitude Question
A double comparative: Choose the correct sentence: Answer and worked solution on CodeKairo.
- Topic: Sentence Correction
- Section: Verbal Ability
- Difficulty: Easy
- Time target: 40 seconds
Question
Choose the correct sentence:
Options
- This book is more better than that one.
- This book is better than that one.
- This book is more good than that one.
- This book is the more better of the two.
Show the answer and the worked solution
Correct answer: B. This book is better than that one.
Worked solution
- Better is the comparative form, so 'more better' is incorrect.
- 'This book is better than that one' is correct.
Answer: This book is better than that one.
The idea
Use either -er or 'more', never both. The same applies to superlatives: 'most best' is wrong.
Shortcut. Better is already the comparative of good, so it cannot take 'more' or 'the more'; 'more good' fails because good has an irregular comparative. One option is left.
Common trap. "This book is more better than that one." — adding 'more' for emphasis, as speech often does; better is already comparative, so 'more' doubles it.