Missing or incomplete comparisons

Many sentences contain comparisons, some of these involve the comparative forms of adjectives.

Examples:

Sea bass__________ freshwater bass.

(A) are larger than (correct)

(B) are larger the

(C) are as large

(D) are larger

On the average, the Pacific Ocean is deeper than the Atlantic.

Rhonda is a more experienced performer than Theresa.

This show is less interesting than the one we watched last night.

Be sure that the sentence compares similar things or concepts.

The ears of African elephants are bigger than Indian elephants. (INCORRECT) The ears of African elephants are bigger than those of Indian elephants. (CORRECT)

The first sentence above is incorrect because it compares two dissimilar things: an African elephant's ears and an Indian elephant. In the second, the word those refers to ears, so the comparison is between similar things.

Another type of comparison involves the phrase as...as; not so…as.

Examples:

The lab lasted as long as the class did.

There weren't as many people at the meeting as I had thought there would be.

Wild strawberries are ___________as cultivated strawberries.

(A) not so sweet (correct)

(B) not as sweet

(C) less sweeter

(D) not as sweeter

The words like/alike and unlike/not alike can also be used to express comparison:

Like A, B, …; A, like B, …; A is like B; A and В are alike.

Unlike X, Y, …; X, unlike Y…;. X is unlike Y; X and Y are not alike

Other phrases can be used in making comparisons:

A is the same as В; A and В are the same; A is similar to В.

X is different from Y; X and Y are different; X differs from Y.

A special kind of comparison is called a proportional statement. A proportional statement follows this pattern: The more A.., the more B.

Example:

The higher the humidity, the more uncomfortable people feel.

Identify and correct errors involving misplaced modifiers

__________air pollution is a big problem in Simferopol.

(A) Like in most Ukrainian cities

(B) Like most Ukrainian cities

(C) Alike most Ukrainian cities

(D) As most Ukrainian cities

__________, everyone wants to be friends with John.

(A) Kind and cooperative

(B) As he is kind and cooperative

(C) Being kind and cooperative

(D)Also kind and cooperative

__________for his exam his computer broke.

(A) While sitting

(B) While he was sitting

(C) On sitting

(D) He was sitting

__________is constantly growing

(A) The center of the Crimea, the population of Simferopol

(B) In Simferopol, the center of the Crimea, the population

(C) The center of the Crimea, Simferopol, the population

(D) Simferopol, the center of the Crimea, the population

_________he decided to drop his research.

(A) Resulting in a failure

(B) Resulting in a failure of his research

(C) As his research resulted in a failure

(D) Because a failure

__________a car accident happened.

(A) Walking down the street

(B) When I was walking down the street

(C) I was walking down the street

(D) Walked down the street

__________can help assess the prerequisites for a new urban dialect.

(A) Mapping the sociophonetic variables this analysis

(B) This analysis of mapping the sociophonetic variables

(C) Mapping this analysis of the sociophonetic variables

(D) When mapping the sociophonetic variables this analysis

(Based on the hypothesis/Basing on the hypothesis/It is based on the hypothesis/There is based on the hypothesis) that family enterprises aim at humane objectives (to a greater extent/on a greater extent/with a greater extent/at a greater extent) and at financial objectives (to a lesser extent/on a lesser extent/with a lesser extent/at a lesser extent) than non-family enterprises (the results of an empirical study for the region Upper-Austria are presented/are presented the results of an empirical study for the region Upper-Austria/an empirical study for the region Upper-Austria results are presented/the results are presented of an empirical study for the region Upper-Austria).

Unit 1-24. REALITY AND PARADOX OF EUROPE'S LINGUA FRANCA