Your book is being extremely picky and in all but the most formal (or carefully edited) writing, the first version is quite normal. The book says that two things are being compared in the original sentence. I'm marked those two things in

For some reason, the writer of the second sentence felt readers needed to be reminded that 'greater than' applied to 'number.' There is nothing wrong with either; both are right. An alternative wording might have set the

1. Who has just taken my newspaper? 2. Who has broken the window? Well, I for one am hoping that one of our British cousins comments on Anton's specific sentences. To my American ear, the wording of sentence number 1 doesn't strike me as

1 Pushing your dentist appointment back a month will not only affect the alignment of your teeth but you'll be pushing the end day of treatment back a month. The less you tighten the braces the less staight your teeth become in a shorter

(1)A brown-colored rat can change its shape as easily as a piece of rubber. (2) Planning to visit Sweden, Shanna decided to study the native language. (3) Like a good drawing that has a minimal number of lines, a good paragraph should have

Pronoun Practice for Person, Number, and Case Complete each of the following sentences by circling the correct pronoun in the parentheses. Remember that the pronoun must agree in person and number with the antecedent. Maria and ( we ,

I am working on an article for Script Mag on global cinema, and am stuck on the @&*%$@## lead - ... in Bosnia. Anyone know someplace exotic with an unusual cinema? Or have a suggestion on where to find this info? Hmmm... I've attended a

Korea began to step forward to 'global FTA hurb' by reaching agreement on FTA with EU. Korea has been making an agreement or trying to complete FTA with 44 countries throughout the world, such as America, EU, Asean and India, following by

Consider the application of an S is a function of the word in agreement with plurality. Toward(s) is a prerposition; when the object of the preposition is plural, add the s for agreement in number. Anon, where did you get that from? Sorry, but

Thanks, guys for checking my sentences and filling me in on the Supreme Court and its specifics. I came by the knowledge that the Supreme Court comprises nine justices from a short explanation given by someone, but was positively