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Correct the following sentences and rewrite them: a) He is one of the cleverest boys in the class. b) The number of students in this college are increasing. c) She has been working here since two…

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Correct the following sentences and rewrite them: a) He is one of the cleverest boys in the class. b) The number of students in this college are increasing. c) She has been working here since two years.

Answer

a) Corrected: He is one of the cleverest boys in the class. (No correction needed—this sentence is grammatically correct. However, if the original intended to say "one of the cleverest boys who are in the class," it would still be grammatically correct but redundant. The given sentence is fine as is.)

Alternative (if context implies comparison): He is among the cleverest boys in the class. (More natural for emphasis.)


b) Corrected: The number of students in this college is increasing. (Subject-verb agreement: "number" is singular, so the verb must be "is.")


c) Corrected: She has been working here for two years. (Use "for" with a period of time, not "since." "Since" requires a point in time, e.g., "since 2020.")


Note: If the original question intended a different meaning (e.g., "since two years ago"), the corrected version would be: She has been working here since two years ago. (Less common; "for two years" is preferred.)

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