Question

A part of the sentence is underlined which may contain an error. Replace the underlined part with the right choice.

I couldn't control my anger because he came latter than I expected.

• A. later than I expected
• B. more late than I expected
• C. more late than he expected
• D. latter than he expected

Hint:

Late becomes later in comparison; latter means the second of two.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

The sentence needs the comparative of the adverb late, which is later. The word latter means the second of two things and does not fit a comparison of time.

• later than I expected is correct because later is the proper comparative form of late and I keeps the speaker as the one who expected.
• more late than I expected is wrong because late does not take more; its comparative is the single word later.
• more late than he expected is wrong for the same more late error and it also shifts the expecting to he.
• latter than he expected is wrong because latter means the second item, not a point later in time.

The right replacement is later than I expected.