The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
Chetan's room is clean / than Ram's room because / Chetan cleans it more often than Ram.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Chetan's room is clean.
Error concept: The adjective is in the wrong degree of comparison.
What is wrong: The sentence is making a comparison between Chetan’s room and Ram’s room. Using the positive degree “clean” is incorrect.
Grammatical concept:
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When comparing two things, the comparative degree of the adjective must be used.
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“Clean” → positive degree; “cleaner” → comparative degree.
Incorrectness of the concept in context: “Chetan’s room is clean than Ram’s room” is grammatically wrong, because “than” requires a comparative form.
How to correct: Change “clean” → “cleaner.”
Correct phrase/ correction:
“Chetan’s room is cleaner…”
Final sentence:
Chetan's room is cleaner than Ram's room because Chetan cleans it more often than Ram.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.