Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
The Rungrado is the large football stadium in the world.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. largest.
Error concept: Incorrect use of degree of comparison.
What is wrong: The sentence uses “the large football stadium” instead of the correct superlative form “the largest football stadium.”
Grammatical concept: When comparing one thing with all others in a group, we use the superlative degree of adjectives (e.g., tall → taller → tallest, large → larger → largest).
Superlative adjectives are always preceded by “the.”
Incorrectness of the concept in context: The Rungrado Stadium is being compared with all other stadiums in the world, so we must use the superlative degree “largest,” not the positive degree “large.”
How to correct: Replace “large” with “largest.”
Correct phrase / correction: the largest football stadium
Final sentence:
The Rungrado is the largest football stadium in the world.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.