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Question : Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.

The higher you go, the coolest it is.

Option 1: the coolest

Option 2: it is

Option 3: you go

Option 4: The higher


Team Careers360 22nd Jan, 2024
Answer (1)
Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: the coolest


Solution : The first option is correct.

  • Double comparatives are phrases commonly used to express proportionate increase or decreases, to say that when something increases or decreases, it causes something else to change
  • We should use comparative degrees of adjectives.
  • The sentence talks about the effect of altitude on temperature .
  • As per the points given above, the coole r is the correct choice in the part given in the first option.

Therefore, the correct sentence would be: The higher you go, the cooler it is.

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