<p>The answer to this question was most unified. Although one may be tempted to say more, it is ost because he is camparing Hemingway's novel to more than one novel. </p>
<p>The rule is you use more/better when u compare between two and you use most/best when comparing more than two. </p>
<p>Sometimes on grammar no matter what seems to be correct you just have to follow the rule.</p>
<p>EXAMPLE!</p>
<p>Kobe Bryant is the best player in the NBA. Correct! this is comparing more than 2 players. </p>
<p>Kobe Bryant is the better player in the NBA. Incorrect! this is comparing more than 2 players you must use best.</p>
<p>Kobe Bryant is better than Lebron James. Correct! this is comparing between 2 players. </p>
<p>Lets not confuse this.</p>
<p>also, “kobe bryant is better than any player on the lakers” doesn’t work. I believe that was also part of the problem with that question.</p>
<p>“best of any early novel” or something like that was what i put</p>
<p>That is what I put, but now i have my doubts.
The sentence was comparing one of Hemingway’s books to “any of…” The two objects in comparison are the first book and any, and since both are singular it is more. Logically it should be most because of the comparison of more than 2 books, but grammatically it is more. I hope that is wrong though, lol.</p>
<p>it had to be more than… partly because of what drgnrave wrote above, and partly because the other obvious choice (most) was just too awkward.</p>
<p>I didn’t like “more than” because two of the options with it were essentially the same, if I recall.</p>
<p>What was the sentence with most?</p>
<p>A Farewell to Arms, critics agree, is the most unified among any of Hemingway’s earlier works.</p>
<p>A is the most unified among any of Hemingway’s earlier novels.
A is more unified than any of Hemingway’s earlier novels.</p>
<p>Idk the exact grammar rules on this, but the second one is much better imo.</p>
<p>I guess what is wrong with first one is that it is somewhat repetitive. You could omit the among any: A is the most unified of Hemingway’s earlier novels.</p>
<p>Yeah that’s why I put more than. I first had most, but changed it right after.</p>
<p>A Google search of “most among any” reveals several creditable websites using the phrase: Nascar (maybe creditable, lol), NCAA, the New York Times, the Washington Post, etc.</p>
<p>star_s: This is enigmatic, or rather puzzling</p>
<p>Hemingway’s novels are more unified than any other novels.</p>
<p>Chris Paul has more potential than any other player. incorrect</p>
<p>Himingway’s novels are most unified among any other novels.</p>
<p>Chris Paul has the most potential among any other players. correct</p>
<p>If you look at my Chris Paul examples most is correct. It doesnt matter if it sounded correct or not you always compare more than two things with most.</p>
<p>A similar search of “more than any” doesn’t seem to give any results that make sense for our sentence. </p>
<p>@ dr, LOL. Nice.</p>
<p>I looked up if any is singular or plural and it said that any can be singular or plural. I still think any was plural in this sentence because he was comparing hemingways novel to everyone elses novel. IM pretty sure about this.</p>
<p>it was any of her earlier novels, wasn’t it?
therefore, more than.</p>
<p>Isn’t A Farewell to Arms one of his “earlier works”?</p>
<p>It was published in 1929, after two other novels and 3 collections of stories. 7 novels and 10 collections of short stories came after it.</p>
<p>So if it is considered one of his earlier works, it doesn’t make sense to that it’s more unified than itself.</p>
<p>Collegeboard should throw out this question</p>
<p>hmmmmmmmm lets look at this then</p>
<p>Mark Twains earlier works are the best among his works.<br>
Mark Twains earlier works are better than his later works.</p>
<p>I dont what is correct now. Im so confused.</p>
<p>Yeah, this question is absurd.</p>
<p>Is A Farewell to Arms being compared to Hemingway’s works before it? Or is it being compared to the group of “earlier works” that it itself is part of?</p>
<p>I didn’t know, but Farewell to Arms was his third novel. So since it belongs to his earlier novel, I guess it must be “most”</p>
<p>I assumed that it DIDN’t belong to the earliner novels, so I thought “any novels” was acceptable. Oh well.</p>