Select the sentence that uses the correct comparative form for a two-syllable adjective.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. This newly constructed hydroelectric dam is safer than the decommissioned one.
- Step 1: The one-syllable adjective 'safe' forms its comparative by adding -r: 'safer'. Step 2. Using 'more safe' is non-standard, and 'more safer' is a double comparative error. Answer: This newly constructed hydroelectric dam is safer than the decommissioned one. Why not the others: 'More safer' is a double comparative; 'safe than' omits the comparative marker.
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