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Which one is correct?

1. My child has better hygiene than my sister's child.

2. My child has better hygiene than that of my sister's child.



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I'd go for #2 in a gmat context
but not sure if the #1 is incorrect
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i'm with you saruba.

But Manhattan indicates that #1 is correct which i feel might not be too correct in GMAT context. Any further insights anyone??
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Which one is correct?

1. My child has better hygiene than my sister's child.

2. My child has better hygiene than that of my sister's child.
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I think this is a parallelism issue more than anything. #1 sounds better to me, because "my child" is the subject of the sentence and you're comparing "my sister's child" to " my child", which makes sense.

In #2, you're comparing "my child" to the hygiene of that of my sister's child, so this doesn't make sense. Not sure if this is the right answer, but that's how I rationalize it from a more or less intuitive POV. Any other takers?
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COMPARISION..
1 is better ...comparision is of two chidren..
2nd wud have been ok if it wud have read. " Hygiene of my child is better than that of my sister's child"
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COMPARISION..
1 is better ...comparision is of two chidren..
2nd wud have been ok if it wud have read. " Hygiene of my child is better than that of my sister's child"
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Thanks all. Its clear now!



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