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Select the word or words that would correctly complete the following sentence.

The computer in this classroom is _____ than the computer in the math lab.

oldest
older
more old
most old

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The correct answer would be older.
User Tobse
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Answer: The word that would correctly complete this sentence is "older".

Explanation: The sentence provided includes a comparative structure, that is to say that it establishes a difference between two objects by means of comparison. A comparative structure always includes a comparative adjective and it never presents a superlative adjective. For that reason, "oldest", which is a superlative adjective, cannot complete this sentence. In that way, the comparative form of "old", which is "older" and not "more older" because "old" is a one-syllable adjective, is the word that fills in the blank.

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