CHAPTER 15 / ESSENTIAL GRAMMAR SKILLS 525
Concept Review 4: Comparison Problems
- How do you know whether to use fewerorlessin a comparison?
- How do you know whether to use moreormostin a comparison?
In each sentence, underline any items that are being compared or equated. Below the sentence, state whether the
comparison is logicalorillogical.If it is illogical or contains another error in comparison, correct the sentence.
3.The critics’ guild praised the show, saying that it was consistently more intelligent and provocative than any-
thing on the air.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________4.Team unity and commitment to practice were regarded by the players as the key to their success.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________5.Mathematics lessons in Japanese classrooms, unlike American classrooms, are often focused on solving a sin-
gle complex problem rather than many simplistic problems.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________6.Increasingly, modern singers, like Gregorian chanters, are becoming adept at melisma, the singing of many
notes on a single syllable.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________7.The electric-combustion engines of the new hybrid cars burn much more cleanly and efficiently than conven-
tional cars.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________8.To the critics of the time, the surrealists were as inscrutable, if not more so, than the dadaists.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________9.In modern warfare, unlike the past, combatants rarely meet face to face, and are detected as often by video as
by sight.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________10.Most people vastly prefer turning the pages of a real book to scrolling through the screens of an electronic novel.
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