Question

In the following sentence, four words or phrases have been underlined. Choose the word or the phrase which is not appropriate in standard written English. If the sentence has no error, mark (5).

The consignment we have (1) received today is definitely far more (2) superior to (3) the one you sent (4) last week. NO ERROR (5)

Answer 1

[2] "More" is redundant here and should be dropped. This is because 'superior' is a non-gradable adjective. Non-gradable adjectives can't be used comparatively or superlatively. (In other words, we can't say or write 'more superior' or 'most superior' in comparison sentences.)