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Option 2 : Hardly had the ink dried on the agreement
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सही उत्तर Hardly had the ink dried on the agreement है।
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Choose the option that best improves the sentence: "Hardly the ink had dried on the agreement when both parties began disputing its interpretation."
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Hardly did the ink dry on the agreement
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Hardly had the ink dried on the agreement
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Hardly the ink dried on the agreement
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Correct Answer: Hardly had the ink dried on the agreement
After "hardly", subject-auxiliary inversion is mandatory, and the past perfect suits the sequence of events: "Hardly had the ink dried". Option (a) inverts correctly but uses the wrong tense.
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