Comparison Questions in the SAT and the ACT
Comparison questions test our ability to make logical comparisons. The idea is simple: compare people to people and things to things. My score is higher than Mike . (x) (thing) (person) This sentence is making an illogical comparison. A score cannot be higher than a person. There are three ways to fix basic comparison problems: 1. Using Apostrophe My score is higher than Mike's score . Remember that repeated words can be omitted when writing in parallel structure? Comparison questions make use of the same rules. We may omit the repeated words as long as the meaning is clear and the comparison is precise. My score is higher than Mike's . 2. Using “of” Another way of writing “ England’s King ” is “ the King of England. ” We can use this information to fix a comparison error. ...