Which one of the following sentences is correct?
- (a)He is considered as the brightest intellectual in the country
- (b)He is considered as one among the brightest intellectual in the country
- (c)He is considered as one among the brighter intellectual in the country
- (d)He is considered as one of the intellectual in the country
Answer
A
Why
Correct — A, He is considered as the brightest intellectual in the country. The superlative 'the brightest intellectual' agrees in number — one person, one singular noun. The other options use 'one among/one of the... intellectual', which requires the plural 'intellectuals'.
Why the others are wrong
- (b)He is considered as one among the brightest intellectual in the country — 'one among the brightest intellectual' needs a plural noun — 'one among the brightest intellectuals'.
- (c)He is considered as one among the brighter intellectual in the country — Uses the comparative 'brighter' where a superlative is needed, and still uses the singular 'intellectual' after 'one among the'.
- (d)He is considered as one of the intellectual in the country — 'one of the intellectual' must be 'one of the intellectuals' — 'one of the' takes a plural noun.
Concept
'One of / one among the [superlative]' takes a plural noun, while a single 'the brightest X' takes a singular noun, so the sentence must keep number agreement.
Related PYQs
No directly related past PYQ was found.
Practice
- practice — not a real PYQ
Which sentence is correct?
- (a)She is one of the finest singer of her time
- (b)She is one of the finest singers of her time
- (c)She is one among the finest singer of her time
- (d)She is the finest singers of her time
Answer(b) ...one of the finest singers... — 'one of the' takes a plural noun.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The phrase 'one of the tallest ____' should be completed with —
- (a)building
- (b)buildings
- (c)build
- (d)built
Answer(b) buildings — 'one of the' requires the plural noun.