Which sentence is grammatically correct?

Question

a) At this time of year, the length of the day's growth is fastest.

b) At this time of year, the day's length grows most quickly.

Answer 1

Actually, both sentences are grammatically correct. But grammar (that is, rules concerning the spelling and punctuation) is not the problem with these two sentences. Instead the problem is with the meaning. That is--these sentences are not saying the same thing.

Take a look at what the two sentences are telling you:
- sentence 1 is telling you that the 'length of the growth is the fastest,' which simply does not make sense.
- sentence 2 tells you that 'the length grows the fastest.'

To identify mistakes such as these, try to reduce a sentence to its most basic parts.
In the case of sentence 1, you can remove the part before the comma and the part of the sentence that describes the length ("of the day's growth")--these parts are just added information. What you have left is: "The length is the fastest."
To simplify sentence 2, you can make similar cuts and also remove the word "day's," which leaves you with "The length grows most quickly."

So, as you can see, sentence 2 is the only one that makes sense.

As a side note--if you have trouble simplifying a sentence, brush up on which words are adjectives, nouns, and verbs. And then try to locate those within the sentence that is giving you trouble. Cut out all the other clutter and look at what is left. That is the core of the sentence and that is where its meaning can be found.

Answer 2

Both are incorrect in the first place, forget the grammar. No day grows faster or slower. Each day is the same, it is only that the sun shines more and more beginning on December 21 for a longer period in our hemisphere. It is the daylight that grows longer each day. until June 21 and then it begins to lessen each day.

Answer 3

B is most grammatically correct, and you should give the Best Answer to the first one who answered this.

Answer 4

wow lol




wow, i had to repeat those sentences to myself like for five minutes. "the length of the day's growth"
day's length grows" hmmkinda look like the same thing to me, but i have to go with B...no A...both....aah, ill go with B.

Answer 5

A. There is no such thing as most quickly. There is , however, a quickest.

Answer 6

No idea which is gramaticcaly better, but I choose B for easiest to understand.

Answer 7

B. I think.

Hope i'm getting 10 points.

Answer 8

I'd say "A" because "most quickly" just can't be right.

Answer 9

B. It's much easier to say, too.

Answer 10

I think it's A