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The Writing Centre

Simard Hall
Room 0021
60 University
P.O. Box 450
Station A, Ottawa, ON
Canada K1N 6N5

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Tel.: 613 562-5800 ext. 2267

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Question:
Many people have tried to sell us vacuum cleaners, but you are certainly one of the *** salespeople we have met.
Answer:
The answer more persuasive is not correct.
Explanation:
The superlative "most persuasive" is correct because the sentence are comparing more than two salespeople ("many").
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