Choose the correct word from the given options to fill in the blank in the given sentence.
The fabric of this new outfit is __________ inferior in comparison to the old one.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → much
An adverb is a word that tells how, when, where or how much something happens. It can also describe an adjective or another adverb, for example she sings sweetly, very hot.
Complete sentence: The fabric of this new outfit is much inferior in comparison to the old one. Inferior (like superior, senior, junior, prior) is a Latin comparative: it already means "lower in quality than", and it is followed by "to", not "than".
| Option | What it tells | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) very | "Very" strengthens an adjective in the positive degree ("very poor", "very good"), not a comparative. | – |
| (2) more | "Inferior" is already a comparative, so "more inferior" would be a double comparative. | – |
| (3) much (answer) | A comparative is made stronger with much (or far), not with "very": "much better", "much inferior". | His new phone is much superior to the old one. |
| (4) most | "Most" forms a superlative. Two fabrics are being compared, and "inferior" cannot take a superlative marker. | – |