Multiple choice

Directions: The numbered lines given below contain an error each. Choose the correct option to rectify the corresponding error. Though I am averse to gamble, yet we went to the party (13) Though everybody brought their children along with them, (14) We left our baby in charge of a neighbour and (15) Our son, who is elder than her, stayed at home. (16)

Which word(s) should replace ‘elder than’ in line (16)?

  1. elder to

  2. older than

  3. older to

  4. older
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B Correct answer
Explanation

‘Older than’ is the most correct answer because the sentence means to say that of the two children, the son was the older. There is a comparison between the two children and hence, the comparative degree of the word ‘old’ has to be used. The word ‘elder’ cannot be followed by ‘than’. It is always followed by ‘to’.

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