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.
My mother is 51 years old, / and my uncle is 48 years old. / So my mother is old than my uncle.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. So my mother is old than my uncle.
Error concept: Wrong adjective form in comparative degree.
What is wrong: The phrase “old than” is incorrect.
Grammatical concept:
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The correct comparative form of “old” is “older than.”
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Structure: [subject] + is + comparative adjective + than + [object].
Incorrectness of the concept in context: Using “old than” violates the rule of forming comparatives and makes the sentence grammatically wrong.
How to correct: Replace “old than” with “older than.”
Correct phrase/ correction: older than
Final sentence: So my mother is older than my uncle.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.