Direction: In the following questions, some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error and mark (1), (2) or (3). It there is No error, your answer is (4).
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Solve the question according to given instruction
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- Scarcely had
- I arrived than
- the train left.
- No error.
Correct Option: B
when will replace than because –
hardly, barely, scarcely, etc. are followed by when and not than.
No sooner is followed by than.
Look at the examples given below :
Hardly had I arrived home when my phone rang.
Scarcely had she finished reading when she fell asleep.
Hence, I arrived when is the right usage.
