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Vsuresh Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Sentence correctness

Hi

The sentence given below is one among the those that need to be checked for faulty comparison error.

Jealousy often arises because a person wishes to be as good as or better than another person in some particular way.

I am unable to spot any significant error in the sentence. However, I was wondering if the word another needs to other as the feeling of jealous is always in relation to a particular person.

Please give your views.

Suresh

  

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seems OK to me. Who told you it might be wrong? Clive

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seems OK to me.

Who told you it might be wrong?

Clive

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If you say 'another person', you are referring to an unspecified person.

If you say 'the other person', it is a more specific reference.

Essentially, it's the difference between a indefinite article and a definite article.


For consistency, I would say this.

Jealousy often arises because a person wishes to be as good as or better than another

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