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Problem

After 5 hours, the team lead concluded that Mathew, the software engineer had the ability to write better code than anyone else.

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Clue

A logical comparison completes a sentence without omitting keywords between the comparing nouns.

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Hint

In the given sentence, Mathew is compared to all the other people.

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Sumup

Please summarize choices

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Step

CHOICES

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Choice-A

After 5 hours, the team lead concluded that Mathew, the software engineer, had the ability to write better code than anyone else. The comparison is clear and logically structured. Mathew’s ability to write better code is compared to the abilities of "anyone else," maintaining parallelism. The verb tenses are consistent. The past tense "concluded" aligns with the past time frame indicated by "After 5 hours.

Correct No change

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Choice-B

After 5 hours, the team lead concluded that Mathew, the software engineer, had the ability to write better code than anyone else’s skill. The sentence is somewhat unclear and could be improved for better precision.

Wrong anyone else’s skill

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Choice-C

After 5 hours, the team lead concluded that Mathew, the software engineer, had the ability to write better code than anyone he had ever seen. Stating that Mathew is the best the team lead has ever seen might be based on a limited pool of individuals the team lead has worked with. This could be an exaggeration and may not accurately reflect Mathew’s skills in a broader context.

Wrong anyone he had ever seen

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Choice-D

After 5 hours, the team lead concluded that Mathew, the software engineer, had the ability to write better code than anyone else’s code. The sentence has a grammatical issue. The problem lies in the lack of parallelism in the comparison. The sentence is comparing Mathew’s ability to write code to "anyone else’s code," which is not grammatically parallel.

Wrong anyone else’s code

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Step

Complete sentence - After 5 hours, the team lead concluded that Mathew, the software engineer had the ability to write better code than anyone else’s code.

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Answer

Option A

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Sumup

Please summarize choices