2017 · Q33
Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts, labelled as (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to determine whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter, i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).
(a) I prefer (b) this book (c) than that one. (d) No error.
EnglishSpotting Errors
- A(a)
- B(b)
- C(c)
- D(d)
Explanation
The verb 'prefer' takes the preposition 'to', not 'than', when comparing two nouns: 'I prefer this book to that one'. 'Than' belongs with comparative adjectives ('better than'), whereas 'prefer' has its own fixed collocation with 'to'. Hence the error is in (c).