In this task, you need to differentiate between the two given sentences and explain why one is correct and the other is not.

Sentence 1: The number of people are increasing everyday.
Sentence 2: The number of people is increasing everyday.
user
Sentence 1 is incorrect because it is using an incorrect verb form. It should be "is" instead of "are".  Sentence 2 is correct because it is using the correct verb form. It is using the singular verb "is" to agree with the singular noun "number".
assistant