Which one is correct?
Hello dear natives

The number of people at the meeting is ..........last week.
1) larger than
2) larger than that of
3) both 1 and 2

Question

Which one is correct?
Hello dear natives

The number of people at the meeting is ..........last week.
1) larger than 
2) larger than that of
3) both 1 and 2

Answer

Thanks

Is the second one grammatically wrong?

Answer

A more natural word to use would be greater, where both 'greater than' and 'greater than that of' would be correct. However, the previous commenter was right in that you would not typically say a sentence like this in conversation, and would instead say something like 'There are more people at the meeting than (there were) last week.'

Answer

1 is correct but it is not typical. I would say "There were more people at the meeting this week than last week."

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