Which of the following sentences are grammatically correct?
(A) Macbeth is the better drama in English.
(B) Othello is the best than any other drama in English.
(C) No other drama in English is as good as Hamlet.
(D) Macbeth is as wise as Othello.
Choose the correct option from the following.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (C) and (D) only
(A) Macbeth is the better drama in English. — Incorrect. The comparative "the better" is used when two things are compared; Macbeth is compared with all the dramas in English, so the superlative is needed.
Corrected: Macbeth is the best drama in English.
(B) Othello is the best than any other drama in English. — Incorrect. "Than" follows a comparative, never a superlative; "the best than" is wrong.
Corrected: Othello is better than any other drama in English.
(C) No other drama in English is as good as Hamlet. — Correct. "No other ... as good as" is the positive degree used to give the meaning of the superlative (Hamlet is the best drama in English).
(D) Macbeth is as wise as Othello. — Correct. "As + adjective + as" (positive degree) correctly shows that two persons are equal in a quality.