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by confuse mind » Sat Jul 21, 2012 3:09 am
Which is the correct usage in the following sentences:

Rose smells sweater than any other flower/flowers
//Since Rose is singular, shall we use singular only in the other part of the comparison



Roses smell sweater than any other flower/flowers
//Since Roses is plural, shall we use plural only in the other part of the comparison
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by kartikshah » Sat Jul 21, 2012 5:07 am
'any other' should tell you that a singular noun should follow.
In any case, I believe, the correct sentence would be: 'Rose smells sweeter than any other flower does.'
Refer to my explanation on verb-adjective comparison in response to your previous post.
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by vk_vinayak » Sat Jul 21, 2012 6:27 am
confuse mind wrote:Which is the correct usage in the following sentences:

Rose smells sweater than any other flower/flowers
//Since Rose is singular, shall we use singular only in the other part of the comparison



Roses smell sweater than any other flower/flowers
//Since Roses is plural, shall we use plural only in the other part of the comparison
General rule is that you need to compare singular with singular, and plural with plural:
Rose smells sweater than any other flower
Roses smells sweater than any other flowers

'any' can be used as singular or plural, depending upon the context.
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