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DIVIYENDRA SINGH

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· 1 Months ago

with by the time in past tense

past perfect + by the time + simple past

so how can had come after by the time..????

kindly explain

Question:
DIRECTIONS: In questions below, some part of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select ‘No Error’.

By the time the plane had arrived I nearly had lost all hopes of boarding it.

Options:
A) By the time the plane had arrived
B) I nearly had
C) lost all hopes of boarding it
D) No error
Solution:
Solution: (b) Use ‘had nearly’ in place of ‘nearly had’.

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