Question

Choose the option that best corrects the sentence at the underlined point:
He finds his cooking more preferable than that of his friends.

• A. more preferable to
• B. preferable than
• C. preferable to
• D. NO CHANGE

Answer 1

The correct option is C preferable to

In the underlined word, 'preferable' is a comparative by itself, hence it doesn't need 'more' before it. Also, 'preferable' is followed by the preposition 'to', and not than. Hence option C is correct, and D is incorrect. Option A is incorrect because 'more' is unnecessary in the statement. Option B is incorrect because the adjective is followed by 'to', not 'than'.