Direction: In the following questions, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at 1, 2, and 3 which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case "no improvement" is needed, your answer is ‘4’.
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The Japanese are hardly working people.
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- a hard working people
- a hardly working people
- hard working people
- No improvement
Correct Option: C
hardly (Adv.) : almost no ; almost not ; almost none
hard (Adj.) : (of people) putting a lot of effort or energy into an activity
Hence, hard working people is the right usage.
