Question

The sentence has four underlined words or phrases. Choose the word or phrase that must be changed for the sentence to be correct-
He is one of the shrewdest men that is in the administration.
a- One
b- Men
c- That is
d- The

Answer 1

Hint: We know that the above-given sentence is talking about a man, as ‘he’ is mentioned. Hence, we need to use the correct pronoun to indicate the living being.

Complete answer:
As given in the hint, we need to use an appropriate pronoun.
First, let’s look at pronouns-
Pronouns are words that are used in place of nouns to avoid repetition. Example- he, she, who etc.
In the given question- We are talking about a man, ‘X’ who is one of the shrewdest men in the administration.
‘One of the shrewdest men’ denotes appropriate usage of subject-verb agreement. Also, the use of ‘that’ in the sentence is incorrect, because ‘that’ is a pronoun that is used to indicate non-living things.
Now, let’s examine the given options-
Option a- ‘One’ is an incorrect option, because it does not need to be changed. It forms a subject-verb agreement.
Option b- ‘Men’ is an incorrect option, because it does not need to be changed. It forms subject-verb agreement with ‘one’.
Option c- ‘That is’ is the correct option, because ‘that’ is a pronoun that is used for non-living things. Hence, we need to use ‘who’ for the man.
Option d- ‘The’ is an incorrect option because it does not need to be changed. It acts as a determiner for the object, ‘administration’.
So, the correct answer is “Option c”.

Note:
It is important to understand the usage of different pronouns. Keep in mind, we use ‘who’ to replace ‘he and she’, whereas ‘whom’ is used to replace ‘him and her’.