Comparisons

For a comparison to be correct in a sentence, it must be logical and equivalent in form.

Incorrect:

Group As findings are more significant than Group B.

Correct:

Group As findings are more significant than those of Group B.

Correct:

Group As findings are more significant than Group Bs.

You must also make sure to avoid action to noun comparisons.

Incorrect:

Software X crashes more often than Software J.

Correct:

Software X crashes more often than does Software J.

To many people, this corrected sentence sound worse than the original, because of than does Software J. In an
action-to-action comparison, it is generally preferred to invert the verb does and put it before the noun Software
J Also correct:
Correct:

Software X crashes more often than Software J crashes.

Correct:

Software X crashes more often than Software J does.

The more difficult comparisons is equivalency of form.

When comparisons are made they should be logicalproper noun-to-noun, or action-to-action, comparisons of like
thingsand they should be in the same form grammatically. Consider this difficult example of a comparison error
relating to equivalency of form:
Incorrect:

To imitate someones success is not the same as duplicating it.

Correct:

Imitating someones success is not the same as duplicating it.

Two nouns have to be compared should be in the same form.