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He is definitely the cleverey `underline("among")` the two.

A

in

B

of

C

than

D

No improvement

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The correct Answer is:
B
The underlined word 'among' is used to indicate group of people, more than two. Option a, "in" is a preposition used when denoting something inside. Thus, it gets rejected. Option (b), of is used to indicate reference, showing something, belonging something. Option (c ) can be out rightly rejected as "than" differentiates one from the other. But here, "than" id followed by both persons collectively. Thus, option (b) of is the best option.
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