Asked by jamie
A mixture of jazz and classical idioms, the music of Gershwin was more innovative than most of his contemporaries.
Can somebody tell me what's wrong with this sentence and why? I don't understand. :(
Can somebody tell me what's wrong with this sentence and why? I don't understand. :(
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Answered by
Ms. Sue
music . . . more innovate than . . . contemporaries
A better way: . . . more innovative than THAT of most of his contemporaries.
A better way: . . . more innovative than THAT of most of his contemporaries.
Answered by
SraJMcGin
When you say "more innnovative than his contemporaries" you are cocmparing the music TO the contemporaries. In reality, you are comparing Gershwin's MUSIC to contemporaries' MUSIC. Or, in otherwords not a thing to a person but a thing to a thing.
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