Errors in the use of Adjectives

Errors in the use of Adjectives:

Adjectives are the words that describe or qualify a noun or a pronoun are called adjective.

Avoid double comparatives. Adjectives of one syllable usually form their comparatives by adding –er to the positive.

Incorrect: Bombay is further from Delhi than Agra.

Correct: Bombay is farther from Delhi than Agra.

Further means ‘additional’. Farther is used to talk about distance.

Incorrect: She is growing strong and strong everyday.

Correct: She is growing stronger and stronger everyday.

The comparative form of the adjective is used in structures like these.

Articles(a/an, the), possessives (my, your etc) and demonstratives(that, these, this and those) are called Group A determiners. Quantifiers like all, some, both and half are called Group B determiners. A Group A determiner cannot be used directly before a Group B determiner.

If we have to put a group B determiner before a group A determiner, we have to use of. Note that of can be left out after all, both and half when they are followed by nouns.

Incorrect: The woman held the baby in the both hands.Correct: The woman held the baby in both hands.Correct: The woman held the baby in both her hands.

Incorrect: I have less worries than you.

Correct: I have fewer worries than you.

Use less with uncountable nouns. Use fewer with countable nouns.

Incorrect:

The two first chapters of this book are badly written.

Here, the error is 'two first' because the adjective is two and used incorrectly after first two will come.

I believe that health is more preferable than wealth.

Here,the error is ' than '.

Kalidas is greater than any dramatist.

Here,the error is any dramatist.

India is most beautiful country of the world.

I donated a few books I had.

Correct:

The first two chapters of this book are badly written.

I believe that health is preferable to wealth.

Kalidas is greater than any other dramatist.

India is the most beautiful country of the world.

I donated the few books I had.

Sample Questions

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Question : 1

Read the following sentence and identify and correct the errors. My apartment is ten miles far from here.
A. My apartment was ten miles along from here.		B. My apartment were ten miles away from here.
C. No error		D. My apartment is ten miles away from here.
Right Option : D
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Question : 2

In the sentence given below find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any will be one of the parts of the sentence which are marked as 1,2,3 and 4. If there is no error, the answer will be (5) i.e. No error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any). Everybody knows that (1) / Sonu Nigam is (2) / the most unique singer (3) / of this industry.(4) / No Error (5)
A. 1	B. 2	C. 3	D. 5
Right Option : C
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Question : 3

Read the following sentence and identify and correct the errors. My new computer is more better than my old one.
A. My computer is much better than my old one.		B. My computer is much best than my old one.
C. My computer was more better than my old one.		D. No error
Right Option : A
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