Verbal Ability - Spotting Errors - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Spotting Errors - Section 1 (Q.No. 12)
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 8 of 8.

Panchami said:   5 years ago
'does' is used for third person singular.
(3)

Wanri said:   4 years ago
The answer should be A. Do roses in your garden smell.

Here 'the' is unnecessary.
(9)

Alex Arthur Awatam said:   3 years ago
Yes, I agree (B) is the right answer.
(3)

Jamshaid said:   3 years ago
Here; "SWEET" is enough, MORE & SWEET"ER" can't occur together.
(15)

RISHIKA CHATARJEA said:   2 years ago
Here, More sweeter is grammatically incorrect. It can either be more sweet or only sweeter. But, grammatically the correct one is Sweeter.
(5)

Jujutsu kaisen said:   1 year ago
Option B is correct.

More sweetly -> sweeter.

JS Bloom said:   8 months ago
@All.

"More sweetly" can be poetic or biblical language, hence it may fit in certain contexts.


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