my house is farther than her's. what is the error in this question
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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.
- Examples : Tall ( poitive), taller (Comparative) and tallest (superlative degree)
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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.
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