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mohit patle

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Question:
DIRECTIONS: Some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error.


Scarcely had (a)/ the function started (a)/ than it began to rain. (c)/ No error (d)

Options:
A) (a)
B) (b)
C) (c)
D) (d)
Solution:
Ans: (c)

HARDLY / SCARCELY / BARELY ... WHEN

NO SOONER ... THAN

Hardly, scarcely and barely are followed by when, while no sooner is followed by than (Sooner is the comparative form of soon.)

When a story is told in the past tense, the adverbials hardly, scarcely, barely and no sooner are often used to emphasise that one event quickly followed another. The verb describing the earlier event is usually in the past perfect tense. If hardly, scarcely, barely and no sooner are in the initial position, the subject and auxiliary are inverted:

Eg: Hardly had I arrived home when my phone rang. (I had hardly arrived home when my phone rang.)

      Scarcely had she finished reading when she fell asleep. (She had scarcely finished reading when she fell asleep.)

      Barely had they won the match when the coach had a heart attack. (They had barely won the match when the coach had a heart attack.)

      No sooner had the company launched its new product than it went bankrupt. (The company had no sooner launched its new product than it went bankrupt.)

      Scarcely had I solved one problem when / before another popped up.

      Scarcely had I reached the station when the train steamed out.

     Hardly had I closed my eyes when the telephone rang.

     Scarcely and hardly can come after the subject. In this structure, we use the normal word order.

I had scarcely solved one problem when another popped up.

I had hardly closed my eyes when the telephone rang.

It is wrong to use than instead of when or before in this structure.


Prerna Sharma

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· 1 Months ago

HARDLY / SCARCELY / BARELY ... WHEN
NO SOONER ... THAN
Hardly, scarcely and barely are followed by when, while no sooner is followed by than (Sooner is the comparative form of soon.)

When a story is told in the past tense, the adverbials hardly, scarcely, barely and no sooner are often used to emphasise that one event quickly followed another. The verb describing the earlier event is usually in the past perfect tense. If hardly, scarcely, barely and no sooner are in the initial position, the subject and auxiliary are inverted:

Eg: Hardly had I arrived home when my phone rang. (I had hardly arrived home when my phone rang.)
Scarcely had she finished reading when she fell asleep. (She had scarcely finished reading when she fell asleep.)
Barely had they won the match when the coach had a heart attack. (They had barely won the match when the coach had a heart attack.)
No sooner had the company launched its new product than it went bankrupt. (The company had no sooner launched its new product than it went bankrupt.)
Scarcely had I solved one problem when / before another popped up.
Scarcely had I reached the station when the train steamed out.
Hardly had I closed my eyes when the telephone rang.

Scarcely and hardly can come after the subject. In this structure, we use the normal word order.

I had scarcely solved one problem when another popped up.
I had hardly closed my eyes when the telephone rang.

It is wrong to use than instead of when or before in this structure.
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