Question

Fill in the blank with the most correct option.
Your pen is inferior _______ mine.
a. than
b. with
c. from
d. to

Answer 1

Hint: In this question we need to find a word which appropriately completes the sentence. Since in this question our motive is to find an appropriate word so our approach will be to find a word which will produce a meaningful sentence.

Complete answer:
Option A. than
Generally in case of comparative adjectives we use “to” instead of than.
For example: She is junior to me.
So, clearly Option A is incorrect.
Now let us see our next option.

Option B. with
In the given sentences comparison is being made so with cannot be used in the given sentence. So, clearly this option is also incorrect.

Option C: from
The worin the blank it will not produce a meaningful sentence.
Let us take a glance over the next option.

Option D: to
In these sentences ``to can be used because when adjectives like inferior or superior are used they are followed by “to” instead of “than”.

So, the correct answer is “Option D: to”

Note: You must have understood the meaning of all the options correctly and must have chosen the correct option. For solving these types of questions you need to learn comparative adjectives and uses of prepositions. Generally “to” is used in comparative adjectives like inferior, superior, senior, junior.