Multiple choice

The new employee worked harder than anyone else in the company.

 

Each of the sentence correction questions presents a sentence, part or all of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. Follow the requirements of standard written English to choose your answer, paying attention to grammar, word choice and sentence construction. Select the answer that produces the most effective sentence; your answer should make the sentence clear, exact and free of grammatical error. It should also minimize awkwardness, ambiguity and redundancy.

 

  1. worked harder than anyone else in the company

  2. worked harder than those older in the company

  3. worked harder than anyone older in the company

  4. worked harder than did anyone else in the company

  5. worked harder than everyone else in the company

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The new employee's action can be compared only to what others 'did'. 'The new employee worked' is an action, which cannot be compared 'everyone else' a person.