Improve the quality of the given sentence by choosing the correct alternative. He claimed that he was senior than me
Question and options
Improve the quality of the given sentence by choosing the correct alternative.
He claimed that he was senior than me
- Senior over
- Senior by
- Senior to
- No improvement
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C - Senior to
Comparative adjectives of Latin origin such as 'senior', 'junior', 'superior' and 'inferior' take 'to', not 'than': He claimed that he was senior to me. 'Senior over' and 'senior by' are not the idiomatic comparison, and the original 'senior than' is wrong, so an improvement is needed.
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