Select the most appropriate form of comparative degree that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
Maheshwari is three years junior than me.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. junior to me.
Error concept: Wrong use of comparative with than
What is wrong: The phrase junior than me is incorrect because junior does not use than in comparisons.
Grammatical concept: Certain adjectives like junior, senior, elder, younger are followed by to, not than.
Incorrectness of the concept in context: Using junior than me is grammatically wrong; the correct preposition is to.
How to correct: Replace junior than me with junior to me.
Correct phrase/ correction: junior to me
Final sentence: Maheshwari is three years junior to me.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.