Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentences may have one or more grammatical errors. Select the grammatically incorrect option from among those given below the set of sentences.

(A) There are lesser students in the class today than there were yesterday. (B) Before I could move a limb, the reckless driver had run over the poor little pup. (C) Little did I know that events will take such a course.

  1. Only A

  2. Only B

  3. Only C

  4. Both A and B

  5. Both A and C
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A Correct answer
Explanation

'Lesser' is used with uncountable nouns. Students are countable; 'fewer' should be used for the comparison.

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