Avoiding Misuse of Comparatives and Superlatives
Directions:
C correct I incorrect
Example: _I_ Worsted fabrics are more smoother than ordinary wool cloth.
Worsted fabrics are smoother than ordinary wool cloth.
____ 1. The best surfing beaches face west.
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____ 2. Please take the biggest of these two pieces of pie.
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____ 3. Our representative made the list of the ten most obscure members of Congress.
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____ 4. Hydrogen is the most abundant of all the elements in the sun.
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____ 5. Of all the written records people have made, the earlier are accounts of financial transactions.
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____ 6. Michael and Ralph both talk a great deal, but Ralph is the most talkative of the two.
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____ 7. Nanette is the most unique person I have ever known.
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____ 8. Margot and Keith both did well on the driving test, but Keith got the higher score.
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____ 9. In this suit I feel as if I could win an award for worse-dressed person of the year.
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____ 10. Of the twins, Len weighs most and is tallest.
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