Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
He is the healthy person I have ever met in life.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. healthiest.
Error concept: The adjective is used in the wrong degree of comparison.
What is wrong: The sentence uses “the healthy person”, but the context (“I have ever met”) shows it is a superlative comparison — one person compared with all others.
Grammatical concept:
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Positive degree: healthy (just describes, no comparison).
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Comparative degree: healthier / more healthy (used for two persons).
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Superlative degree: healthiest / most healthy (used for more than two).
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With expressions like “the … ever”, the superlative degree is required.
Incorrectness of the concept in context: “The healthy person I have ever met” is incorrect because it misses the superlative form needed here.
How to correct: Change “the healthy” → “the healthiest.”
Correct phrase/ correction:
“…the healthiest person I have ever met in life.”
Final sentence:
He is the healthiest person I have ever met in life.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.