Comparisons and Parallelism, and Adverbs

[sw001]

Dear Instructors,

Are the below two sentences not preferred because we have verb "ran" and thus an adverb should be used??
She ran quicker than me.
She ran the quickest of all.

Is this the usage always correct when a verb is modified like run in this case?
She ran more quickly than me.
She ran the most quickly of all.

I have some questions about comparing a singular and plural noun/ noun phrase.

Can we compare one person with multiple people - using comparative form.
She is more interesting than her sisters.
She is shorter than her sisters.
OR it should be -
She is more interesting than any of her sisters.

Similarly, Singular and Plural comparison
Frank's build, like that of his brothers, is broad.
Frank, like all his brothers, has a strong build.


Please let me know which of the usage are correct and which are incorrect.
Help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

[RonPurewal]

Dear Instructors,

Are the below two sentences not preferred because we have verb "ran" and thus an adverb should be used??
She ran quicker than me.
She ran the quickest of all.

They aren't just "not preferred". They're wrong!

Yes, that's the correct reason.

Is this the usage always correct when a verb is modified like run in this case?
She ran more quickly than me.
She ran the most quickly of all.

You shouldn't have "the" in the second sentence; that's an artifact of spoken language. Otherwise, these are correct.

("A"/"an"/"the" is not tested on this exam, so it's not terribly important for you to know this.)

[RonPurewal]

Can we compare one person with multiple people - using comparative form.
She is more interesting than her sisters.
She is shorter than her sisters.
OR it should be -
She is more interesting than any of her sisters.

This issue depends entirely on your intentions. If you actually want to compare one entity with multiple others, then your sentence should do so. If not, it shouldn't.

E.g., An empty moving truck weighs as much as five to ten cars.
This sentence would become nonsense if you wrote it as "...as each of five to ten cars". The whole point is that the truck weighs as much as all of the cars combined.

In terms of "her sisters", it's an issue of what you mean. If you are comparing the individual sisters, you'd want the "any of..." in there. If the other sisters are always hanging around together and you're thinking about their combined entertainment value, then "any of..." shouldn't be there.

[sw001]

Thank you Ron for your prompt reply!! I truly appreciate the amount of efforts you put in answering these queries. They are a huge help to all. Thank you again.

[RonPurewal]

You're welcome.

And you're welcome again.

[sw001]

Dear Instructors,

One quick q - sentences are partially taken from MGMAT SC, with possible tweaks -

From the earlier quoted example -
Frank's build, like that of his brothers, is broad.

Now, the sentences I have questions on -
1. Her company is outperforming that of her competitors.

The above sentence I believe is incorrect because "that of her competitors" does not make sense as it should be "companies of her competitors". Am I correct?

But, if I frame the above sentence, as below, then, is it correct?

2. Her company, like that of her competitors, is outperforming.

If this is correct, then whats the reasoning behind the 1 being incorrect and 2 being correct?

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Do we need comparative forms on these -
She is quick than me.
She ran quickly than me.

Thank you so much!!

[RonPurewal]

Questions about things from the MGMAT guides don't belong here. They belong in the MGMAT non-CAT verbal folder.

Thanks.

[sw001]

Posting a related Q on this post -

Using Like, Unlike - can we make singular and plural comparisons.

Like her sisters, she is extremely beautiful.

or it should be singular vs singular - in Like, Unlike.

[RonPurewal]

Posting a related Q on this post -

Using Like, Unlike - can we make singular and plural comparisons.

Like her sisters, she is extremely beautiful.

or it should be singular vs singular - in Like, Unlike.

If the comparison makes sense in context, it's fine.

This example is fine.