Faulty Comparison

The secret to faulty comparison is to make sure that you are comparing two things equally. 

For example:

The yellow ball can jump higher than all of the balls.
The sentence may seem correct but it's not. There is a comparison between a ball's ability of bouncing and balls, which doesn't make sense.
The correct sentence would look like this: The yellow ball can jump higher than all of the balls can.

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