Identify the error in the sentence: 'The maritime trade volume of Piraeus is far greater than Thessaloniki.'
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. faulty comparison
- Step 1: The sentence compares 'the maritime trade volume' (an economic metric) directly to 'Thessaloniki' (the city itself). A logical comparison must compare trade volume to trade volume: 'far greater than that of Thessaloniki'. Answer: faulty comparison. Why not the others: "dangling modifier in clause" involves an introductory participle phrase that lacks a clear subject; "subject-verb disagreement" mismatches a subject noun phrase and finite verb in number or person; "ambiguous pronoun reference" leaves the reader uncertain about which preceding noun a pronoun replaces.
Practise more Structural Error Spotting and Stylistic Inconsistency.
Free questions with an explanation for every one, and full timed State Certificate of Language Proficiency (KPG) English mock tests.
More Structural Error Spotting and Stylistic Inconsistency questions
- Identify the syntactic error in the following sentence: 'Sailing across the Saronic Gulf, the island of Aegina came into view on the horizon…
- Identify the grammatical error in the following sentence: 'The university policy requires students not only to attend lectures but also comp…
- Identify the syntactic flaw in the sentence: 'The museum curator restored the ancient amphora, the exhibition opened the following morning.'
- Identify the grammatical error in the sentence: 'A detailed inventory of maritime artifacts and navigational equipment were compiled by the…
- Identify the error in the sentence: 'When Maria telephoned Anna from the airport, she said that her flight had been postponed.'
- Identify the logical error in the sentence: 'The fuel efficiency of an electric car is vastly superior to a conventional petrol sedan.'