Improper Comparisons Practice
Read the following sentences, checking for improper comparisons. If you find one, correct it. Otherwise, mark the sentence correct.
- When you are looking to get a pet you have to decide between a shelter animal and a pet store.
- The jury had to decide between sentencing the defendant to death and jail time.
- The retail shop tries to buy from local manufacturers more often than overseas.
- Currently, anyone who is shopping for a new computer has a choose between an Apple computer and a PC.
- Anderson always prefers Panda Expresses orange chicken over China Kitchen.
- Pulitzer prizes are given for individual pieces of writing, while Nobel Prizes are given for an author's body of work.
- Quilters need a lot of material in different colors to finish their projects, usually deciding at the outset between recycling fabric scraps from old clothing and new.
- Bunk beds can be very dangerous; the most common injuries include broken bones and stitches.
- Kindergarteners learn many skills; two things they are supposed to master are coloring neatly and hopping on one foot.
- Looking back on elementary school, I see that I learned a lot more from Mrs. Troyer in third grade than from fourth grade.