Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. Arushya purchased the most good of all the suits kept in the shop.

Correct — C. The adjective under the line is good, and good is irregular: good — better — best. It never takes more or most.

The phrase of all the suits compares one suit against a whole group, and a group of more than two calls for the superlative, not the comparative.

Superlative of good, with the article the sentence already prints: the best → option (c).

It reads: Arushya purchased the best of all the suits kept in the shop.

Why the others are wrong

• (a)
  the more good — The more good carries the same double-comparison error and adds a second fault: a comparative sets two things against each other, so it cannot govern of all the suits.
• (b)
  the goods — The goods turns the adjective into a plural noun meaning merchandise, leaving the sentence saying Arushya purchased the merchandise of all the suits.
• (d)
  the good — The good is the positive degree, so it makes no comparison at all. The phrase of all the suits is then left with nothing to compare against.

Adjectives come in three degrees. Most take -er and -est, or more and most for longer words.

A small set is irregular and must be learnt: good — better — best, bad — worse — worst, little — less — least, much or many — more — most.

Putting more or most in front of an irregular form is the double comparison error, which is what the sentence prints.

The second rule decides which degree: comparative for two, superlative for three or more, and a superlative normally takes the.

Key facts

• Good — better — best is irregular, and more and most are not used with it.
• The comparative degree compares exactly two things.
• The superlative degree compares three or more, which is what of all the suits sets up.
• A superlative normally takes the definite article: the best of all the suits.

Common traps

• Choosing the good because the sentence still reads smoothly without a comparison.
• Reading the goods as a stray plural of the good and picking it anyway.
• Assuming most always builds a superlative, when good already has one.

No directly related past PYQ was found.