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In the following sentence, four words or phrases have been underlined. Choose the word or the phrase which is not appropriate in standard written English. If the sentence has no error, mark (5).

Beside (1) being the brightest (2) student of his class, he was (3) also a fine sportsman and an (4) orator. NO ERROR (5)

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"Beside" [1] conveys the wrong meaning in the given context and should be changed to "Besides" which means in addition to and conveys the correct meaning.

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