Select the most appropriate form of comparative degree that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
Neha’s house is far from the city than everyone else’s.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. farther from the city than
Error concept: Wrong use of comparative degree
What is wrong: The phrase far from the city than is incomplete and grammatically incorrect.
Grammatical concept: The correct comparative form of far is farther (for distance) or further (for abstract/figurative sense). Since the sentence is about physical distance, farther is appropriate.
Incorrectness of the concept in context: Using only far...than does not express comparison properly.
How to correct: Use farther from the city than.
Correct phrase/ correction: farther from the city than
Final sentence: Neha’s house is farther from the city than everyone else’s.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.