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Zorluk: Çok zorComparatives and Superlatives

The James Webb Space Telescope features a light-gathering capacity that is far greater than the Hubble Space Telescope, allowing astronomers to peer deeper into the history of the universe than ever before.

Which of the following choices best replaces the underlined portion of the sentence?

  1. A
    NO CHANGE
  2. B
    far greater then that of the Hubble Space Telescope
  3. far greater than that of the Hubble Space TelescopeCevap
  4. D
    far greater, than that of the Hubble Space Telescope

Cevap

The correct option is the phrase that states 'far greater than that of the Hubble Space Telescope'.
The correct option is correct because it uses the comparative adjective 'greater' to compare the capacities of two telescopes, uses the correct comparative conjunction 'than', and uses the pronoun phrase 'that of' to logically compare capacity to capacity.

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1
Identify the two elements being compared in the sentence.
The sentence attempts to compare the 'light-gathering capacity' of the James Webb Space Telescope to the Hubble Space Telescope.
To ensure grammatical logic, a quality or possession (capacity) must be compared to another quality or possession, not to a physical object (the telescope itself).
2
Evaluate the correct pronoun to complete the comparison logically.
Adding 'that of' before 'the Hubble Space Telescope' refers back to 'the light-gathering capacity', making the comparison logical.
Comparing 'capacity' to 'that of the Hubble Space Telescope' (meaning 'the capacity of the Hubble Space Telescope') resolves the illogical comparison.
3
Check the spelling of the comparative word and punctuation.
Use the comparative conjunction 'than' (not the temporal 'then') and do not place a comma between the comparative modifier 'greater' and the comparative phrase.
Comparisons require 'than' to connect the two items, and punctuation rules forbid separating a comparative adjective from its 'than' phrase with a comma.

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Logical comparisons (comparatives and superlatives)
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Comparatives and Superlatives

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