Change the following sentence into positive degree.
The dog is the most faithful animal.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. No other animal is as faithful as the dog.
Error concept: Conversion from superlative to positive degree.
What is wrong: The sentence “The dog is the most faithful animal” is in superlative degree.
Grammatical concept:
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To convert superlative to positive degree, we use the structure: No other [noun] is as [adjective] as [subject].
Incorrectness of the concept in context: Using the superlative directly does not express the comparison in positive degree.
How to correct: Replace the superlative structure with a positive comparison.
Correct phrase/ correction: No other animal is as faithful as the dog.
Final sentence: No other animal is as faithful as the dog.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.