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Verbal Ability - Spotting Errors - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Spotting Errors - Section 1 (Q.No. 12)
Spotting Errors
Directions to Solve

Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

12.

(solve as per the direction given above)

Do the roses in your garden smell
more sweetly
than those in ours?
No error.
Answer: Option
Explanation:
sweeter
Discussion:
77 comments Page 2 of 8.
Veer gaur said:   1 decade ago
@vertika.

I'm sorry but your reason is not right "Roses is a plural form " so "Do" is right and it has nothing to do with the smell don't make logical sentence whatever is in that sentence we hav to reply accordingly.
Priya said:   1 decade ago
Do is used for plural and does in used only for singular.
KIRAN said:   1 decade ago
HI RADIKA.

"does" is used for 3dr person singular (he/she/it).
Shreya bansal said:   1 decade ago
But we have used comparative degree in "more".
Abhishek said:   1 decade ago
Radhika does and has is used with 3rd person singular he she it.
Mumuksha said:   1 decade ago
How can it be "more sweeter"??
Two comparitive degree can never be come together.
Dinesh said:   1 decade ago
sweet sweeter(comparitive) sweetest(superlative).
Priyanka said:   1 decade ago
"than" in a sentence used for comparision.
And for comparision we use comparitive degree.
So sweeter is more suitable.
Ravi Teja Mullapudi said:   1 decade ago
Comparison:
Positive--sweet
Comparative--sweeter
Superlative---sweetest
I think sweeter is appropriate.
Satyam rai said:   1 decade ago
If comparesion is there then alway sweeter is used.
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