Choose the most suitable option to replace the highlighted part of the sentence:
She is senior than me in college.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 4 i.e. is senior to.
Error Concept: Related to the use of the incorrect preposition with specific comparative adjectives.
What is wrong: The word "than" is incorrectly used after "senior" to show comparison.
Grammatical concept: While most comparative adjectives are followed by "than," certain adjectives ending in "-ior" (such as senior, junior, superior, inferior, prior) are followed by the preposition "to" instead of "than."
Incorrectness of the concept in context: In this sentence, "senior" is a Latin-derived comparative adjective, so using "than" violates the rule of prepositional agreement for such words.
How to correct: Replace "than" with "to" to properly complete the comparison between the two subjects.
Correct phrase/ correction: is senior to
Final sentence: She is senior to me in college.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.