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The chefs of New York City cannot compare with the home-cooked meals of my mother.
We must compare the chefs to my mother, not to the home-cooked meals.
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If you compared my sister and me, you’d see that she was the best dancer.
We use comparative adjectives when comparing two people or things (bigger, worse); we use superlative adjectives when comparing one person or thing with three or more people or things (the biggest, the worse).
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Carbohydrates and proteins both have less calories per gram than fats do.
Calories can be counted, and so we use the word "fewer." "Less" is for quantities that cannot be counted, such as water.
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If you look at Jamie, Jamal, and me, you will see that I am the shorter of the group.
We use comparative adjectives when comparing two people or things (bigger, worse, etc.); we use superlative adjectives when comparing one person or thing with three or more people or things (the biggest, the worst, etc.). Thus, here we use the superlative adjective “the shortest.” In the first clause, we use “me” instead of “I” because “me” is an object pronoun, and “me” is the indirect object of the verb “look.”.
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He was a strongest boy that grew up into the biggest teenager in his town.
The use of the form "strongest" is a superlative that indicates the peak of an adjective; therefore, there can be only one "strongest boy," and the phrase needs a definite article, "the," instead of the indefinite article, "a."
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Amy drinks lesser water than Johnny, which is why Johnny refills his water bottle more often than Amy does.
As the question compares two people, a comparative form of the adjective in question must be used, meaning that "few," the regular form of the adjective, and "least" and "fewest," which are each superlative forms, are incorrect. While "fewer" and "less" might each look like a potentially correct answer, "fewer" is used to distinguish between countable nouns, while "less" is used to distinguish between uncountable nouns, like "water." (You can tell if a noun is countable or not if you could precede it with a number, and "seven water" doesn't make sense, given how "water" is used here.) So, "less" is the correct answer.
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Less people threw they're support behind the politician as more of his personal issues were revealed.
The use of "they're" is incorrect in the sentence. "They're" is a contraction for "they are," while the sentence needs the third person plural possessive pronoun, "their." "Fewer people threw their support" is the correct answer choice.
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Michael and Larry are both excellent basketball players, but Michael is best.
Whenever you are comparing only two things, use the comparative form (usually words ending in "-er"—better, smarter, faster, and so forth). If there are three or more items, use the superlative form (usually ending in "-est"—best, smartest, fastest . . .) to designate the best one.
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I've heard that all vitamins are good for you, but of all the different kinds, are there any that are better?
When comparing more than two items, you should use superlative adjectives. So, in this case, you should use the word "best."
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During his lifetime, few people knew about the fuller extent of his condition.
The use of "fuller" is incorrect in this sentence, as "fuller" implies a comparison, but is not comparing anything in the sentence. The use of the simple adjective "full" is perfectly appropriate in the sentence, making the correct answer choice "about the full extent of his condition."
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The more difficult step in the process for all of the initiates was the lengthy obstacle course.
The use of "more" in this sentence is odd and confusing, as "more" should be used in a direct comparison between two things. As no comparison is made in this sentence, the modifier should simply indicate a great degree of difficulty. The word "most," a superlative adjective, properly conveys such a meaning, making the correct answer, "The most difficult step in the process for all of the initiates was the lengthy obstacle course."
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I have a lot of friends who did well on those exams, but I think that I will do more well than them.
"More well" is not a phrase—the comparative form of "well" is not "more well," but "better." Since we are only comparing two groups (the speaker versus the speaker's friends), "better" is the most appropriate here.
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After both failing her exam and missing the last bus home, Maxi decided that that Friday afternoon could not get any more worse.
The expression “more worse” cannot exist because “worse” is already a superlative. The second “that” specifies which Friday afternoon in particular, as opposed to any Friday afternoon of the year.
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Between my younger sister, my older sister, and me, my older sister walks most fast.
In the sentence as it is written, "fast," an adjective, is being used to modify "walks." This is incorrect; only adverbs can modify verbs. So, we need to pick out an answer choice which uses the adverbial form of "fast," which is "quickly." This lets us eliminate the answer choice "most fast." "Faster" cannot be correct because more than two subjects are being compared in the sentence, and "faster" is a comparative adjective that is used to compare two subjects. "More quick," "more fast," and "more quickly" can each be eliminated for this same reason, in addition to the fact that "more quick" isn't grammatically correct at all—one would say "quicker," not "more quick." This leaves us with the correct answer, "most quickly."
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Between chimpanzees and orangutans, chimpanzees are the most intelligent, and orangutans are the more social.
We know that in this sentence, only two items are being compared, because the sentences begins with "Between chimpanzees and orangutans." When only two items are being compared, remember to use the comparative forms of adjectives ("more" or "-er") rather than the superlative forms ("most" or "-est").
The only answer choice that obeys this rule is "are the more intelligent, and orangutans are the more social."
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The chefs of New York City cannot compare with the home-cooked meals of my mother.
We must compare the chefs to my mother, not to the home-cooked meals.
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If you compared my sister and me, you’d see that she was the best dancer.
We use comparative adjectives when comparing two people or things (bigger, worse); we use superlative adjectives when comparing one person or thing with three or more people or things (the biggest, the worse).
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Carbohydrates and proteins both have less calories per gram than fats do.
Calories can be counted, and so we use the word "fewer." "Less" is for quantities that cannot be counted, such as water.
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If you look at Jamie, Jamal, and me, you will see that I am the shorter of the group.
We use comparative adjectives when comparing two people or things (bigger, worse, etc.); we use superlative adjectives when comparing one person or thing with three or more people or things (the biggest, the worst, etc.). Thus, here we use the superlative adjective “the shortest.” In the first clause, we use “me” instead of “I” because “me” is an object pronoun, and “me” is the indirect object of the verb “look.”.
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He was a strongest boy that grew up into the biggest teenager in his town.
The use of the form "strongest" is a superlative that indicates the peak of an adjective; therefore, there can be only one "strongest boy," and the phrase needs a definite article, "the," instead of the indefinite article, "a."
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