Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose 'No improvement' as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.
The accountant of the sugar mill have been deprived of his briefcase.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. has been deprived.
In the sentence, "The accountant of the sugar mill has been deprived of his briefcase," the subject is "the accountant," which is singular. When the subject is singular, the verb that agrees with it should also be singular.
In this sentence, "has been" is the right form of the verb as "has" is the third-person singular form of "to have" in the present perfect tense.