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Option 4 : than it

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सही उत्तर than it है।

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[164]. Identify the error in the sentence: "Hardly had he left the stadium than it started pouring heavily."

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Hardly had he

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left the stadium

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started pouring heavily

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than it

Correct Answer: than it

In English grammar, the correlative conjunction pair used with 'Hardly' or 'Scarcely' is 'when', not 'than'. It should be "Hardly had he left the stadium when it started...".

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