SAT Writing : Identifying Adjective and Adverb Errors
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Example Question #42 :Identifying Comparative And Superlative Errors
Select the underlined word or phrase that needs to be changed to make the sentence correct. Some sentences contain no error at all.
Between a trainandan airplane, an airplaneis the fastestandmore reliableway to travel.No error
more reliable
No error
Between a train
is the fastest
an airplane
is the fastest
Because only two objects (the train and the airplane) are being compared in this sentence, the comparative "faster" must be used. If there were three or more items being compared, the superlative "fastest" would be appropriate. This makes the correct selection "is the fastest."
Example Question #43 :Identifying Comparative And Superlative Errors
Shestumped me witha riddle about ten boxesof various weights; the goal was to find theheavier oneby onlyusingthe scale twice.
No error
using
heavier one
stumped me with
of various weights
heavier one
In this sentence, there are nine boxes, so the the superlative “heaviest” would be better than the comparative “heavier.” The corrected sentence reads:She stumped me with a riddle about ten boxes of various weights; the goal was to find the heaviest one by only using the scale twice.
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