An apple costs Rs. 10. An onion costs Rs. 8.
Select the most suitable sentence with respect to grammar and usage.
Grammar Analysis: Comparing Item Prices
This question requires selecting the sentence that correctly compares the price of an apple to the price of an onion using proper grammar and usage.
Evaluating Sentence Options
- Option 1: $The price of an apple is greater than an onion.$ - This is grammatically incorrect because it compares the 'price' of an apple to the 'onion' itself, not its price.
- Option 2: $The price of an apple is more than onion.$ - This sentence is incorrect. It uses 'more than' inappropriately for comparing specific items and compares 'price' to 'onion'. The word 'onion' should be 'an onion' or refer to its price.
- Option 3: $The price of an apple is greater than that of an onion.$ - This sentence is grammatically correct. The pronoun $that$ correctly refers back to $the price$, creating a proper comparison between the price of an apple and the price of an onion.
- Option 4: $Apples are more costlier than onions.$ - This sentence contains a double comparative ($more costlier$). The correct form would be either 'costlier' or 'more expensive'. It also compares the items directly, not necessarily their prices in this specific construction.
Conclusion on Sentence Correctness
Option 3 provides the most suitable and grammatically accurate comparison between the price of an apple and the price of an onion.
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