The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
His skills in programming / are more superior than / most developers / in the company.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. are more superior than.
Error Concept: related to the use of redundant words in comparative degree.
What is wrong: The word ‘superior’ already shows comparison, so using ‘more’ before it is grammatically incorrect.
Grammar Concept: In English, certain adjectives like superior, inferior, junior, senior, prior already carry a comparative meaning, so we do not use more or most with them.
Incorrectness of the concept in context: Here, “more superior” is wrong because superior already means “better than,” so adding more is unnecessary.
Correction: Remove ‘more’ and write “is superior to.” Also, note that with superior, we use the preposition to, not than.
Corrected phrase: is superior to.
Final sentence: His skills in programming are superior to most developers in the company.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.