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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

'are better than that of' vs. 'are better than those of'

'The solutions of the sophomores are better than that of the freshmen.'

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'The solutions of the sophomores are better than those of the freshmen.'

Is the phrase 'are better than that of' acceptable in this case?

Is there any grammar flexibility of using 'that' instead of 'those'?
  

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' This is wrong. ' This is correct. Is the phrase 'are better than that of' acceptable in this case?

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  • ' This is wrong.
  • ' This is correct.
  • Is the phrase 'are better than that of' acceptable in this case?
  • No.
  • Is there any grammar flexibility of using 'that' instead of 'those'?
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'The solutions of the sophomores are better than that of the freshmen.' This is wrong.

'The solutions of the sophomores are better than those of the freshmen.' This is correct.

Is the phrase 'are better than that of' acceptable in this case? No.

Is there any grammar fle

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Of course it's not correct. The complete sentence is: "the solutions of the sophomores are better than the solutions

of the freshman". We use the determiners "those/these" to refer the "solutions" we've already mentioned.

It would have been better if you were using the complete sentence rather than cutting off the sentence.

Good luck!
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Anonymous Of course it's not correct. The complete sentence is: "the solutions of the sophomores are better than the solutionsof the freshman". We use the determiners "those/these" to refer the "solutions" we've already mentioned.It would have been better if you were using the complete sentence rather than cutting off the sentence. Good luck!
Actually, "those
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Actually, "those" is a pronoun here, not a determiner.
I meant "those" in general is a determiner. It doesn't refer to his case particularly.

Good luck!
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Could the phrase "are better than the ones of" be used instead?


'The solutions of the sophomores are better than the ones of the freshmen.'
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Or: 'The solutions of the sophomores are better than the freshmen's ones.'
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Most native speakers would not add "ones" at the end.

The solutions of the sophomores are better than the freshmen's.

Better:

The sophomores come up with better solutions than the freshmen.
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Is it correct to say 'freshwoman' similarly to 'freshman'? [F]
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AnonymousIs it correct to say 'freshwoman' similarly to 'freshman'?
No.
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The sophomores come up with better solutions than the freshmen.
It'd be better to add "do" in the end:

The sophomores come up with better solutions than the freshmen do.
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