Question

my house is farther than her's. what is the error in this question

Answer 1

Answer:

My house is farther than her's : What is the error in this question ?

• The right answer is : My house is farther than her house.

Explanation :

• The apostrophe ( ' ) together with an s is added to a noun to show possession, that is, to show that something belongs to some person or living thing.
• Examples : My father's car. Srijit's camera and so on.
• Here the error is 'her's' and it is referring 'her house.'
• The given sentence is an example of Comparative Degree.

1. Examples : Tall ( poitive), taller (Comparative) and tallest (superlative degree)

Answer 2

Answer:

My house is farther than hers.

Explanation:

The mistake is that of possessive pronoun. Possessive pronouns are words such as mine, ours, yours, his, hers, its, and theirs.

The mistake in the sentence is 'her's'; it should be hers.

In her's the apostrophe is not required.

Apostrophe is a mark (‘) that is used before or after letter (‘s’) to show that something belongs to someone. Example: Rita’s purse was lost.  

The apostrophe (‘) is used before ‘s’ when the word is singular. Example: Boy’s bag.  

The apostrophe (‘) is used after ‘s’ when the word is plural.

Example: Boys’ bags.