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Sentence 57

Before
There are buses, metros, rickshaws, and taxis, to name a few and these can be either used by themselves or in combination for one to reach their destination. 


After
There are buses, metrorail, rickshaws, and taxis, which can be used singly or in combination to reach your destination. 

Notes:

Metros vs. Metrorail - The former refers to cities, the latter to a mode of transport. #word choice

'to name a few' is unnecessary and does not read well.

Rephrased 'and these can be either used by themselves or in combination' for clarity. It now reads 'which can be used singly or in combination'. Shorter, clearer.

Rephrased 'for one to reach their destination.' as ' to reach your destination.' - made it more direct.

Try to avoid writing 'if one were to do this' etc. Write 'your' - directly to the reader. 

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