Difficulty: Easy
Correct Answer: senior than me.
Explanation:
Given data
Concept / Approach
The adjectives senior, junior, superior, inferior, prior, posterior etc. do not use ‘‘than’’; they take the preposition ‘‘to’’ (e.g., ‘‘senior to’’). The pronoun after the preposition may be objective (‘‘me’’) or a possessive construction (‘‘than I am’’ in other comparative types).
Step-by-step correction
Replace Part C with: ‘‘senior to me.’’ The measure phrase ‘‘five years’’ remains correctly placed between the verb and the comparative adjective.
Verification
‘‘She is five years senior to me.’’ is the standard idiom.
Common pitfalls
Final Answer
senior than me.
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