The following sentence has been split into four parts. Identify the part that contains a grammatical error.
Surprisingly!/ dark chocolates/ are most bitterer/ in taste.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. are most bitterer.
Error concept: Incorrect use of comparative and superlative degree of adjectives.
What is wrong: The phrase “most bitterer” is grammatically incorrect because it uses both a comparative (“-er”) and a superlative (“most”) marker together, which should never happen in English.
Grammatical concept:
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For short adjectives (like bitter), we form the comparative by adding “-er” → bitter → bitterer.
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For long adjectives (like beautiful), we use “more” or “most.”
We cannot use both forms together.
Incorrectness of the concept in context: The sentence is comparing chocolates based on taste, so it needs either “bitterer” (comparative) or “most bitter” (superlative), depending on the intended meaning. Since the sentence uses “most,” the correct form is “most bitter.”
How to correct: Remove “-er” and use only “most” with the base adjective.
Correct phrase / correction: are most bitter
Final sentence: Surprisingly, dark chocolates are most bitter in taste.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.