Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence.
The bishop sadly declared that the poor gentleman who was dead was quieter of the community.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. the quietest.
Error concept: Wrong degree of adjective
What is wrong: The phrase “quieter of the community” is incorrect because quieter is a comparative degree, which is used when comparing two things/people.
Grammatical concept: When we talk about one person/thing as the most among all, we use the superlative degree (with “the”).
Incorrectness of the concept in context: Here, the gentleman is being referred to as the most quiet in the community, not compared with one person.
How to correct: Replace quieter with the quietest.
Correct phrase/ correction: the quietest of the community
Final sentence: The bishop sadly declared that the poor gentleman who was dead was the quietest of the community.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.