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English Grammar - Sentence Correction
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Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.
There should be lesser rules in school and only those teachers whom the students like should be allowed to take classes.
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There should be fewer rules in school and only those teachers whom
💡 Explanation:
The sentence bears error of numeral adjective: rules are countable, so 'fewer' should be used to modify them in place of 'lesser'.