Which sentence makes a logical comparison?
The correct answer is: We thought Kelly’s office was more colorful than any other office.
- This is the correct answer because when making a comparative, it is necessary to make the comparison between two elements; Kelly’s office and the other office. While in the other sentence, the comparison is not well done because there is one element, Kelly’s office, and the second element, any office, which could be other offices not just one as it is specified in the correct answer with the word “other”. “Any” means: “one, some, or all indiscriminately of whatever quantity” (Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary, 2019) for this reason, it is difficult to determine one specific element. The other two options are written with the word “most” and this word in this context means “very”, which is not used to make a comparison.
