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Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Option 1 : Scarcely had the witness finished
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सही उत्तर Scarcely had the witness finished है।
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Choose the best improvement for the underlined part: "Scarcely the witness had finished his statement when the lights went out."
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Scarcely had the witness finished
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Scarcely the witness had finished
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Scarcely did the witness finished
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Scarcely had the witness finish
Correct Answer: Scarcely had the witness finished
When "scarcely" (like "hardly" or "no sooner") begins a sentence, inversion is required: the auxiliary verb comes before the subject, giving "Scarcely had the witness finished his statement when the lights went out.
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