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NDA 2025 GAT · English · Sentence Improvement · medium

The pilot [did not hardly] see the runway through the fog.

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Choose the best replacement for the bracketed part. If the sentence is correct as it stands, choose 'No improvement'. The pilot [did not hardly] see the runway through the fog.
  1. A. could hardly
  2. B. could not hardly
  3. C. did hardly not
  4. D. No improvement
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Answer: (A) could hardly

'Hardly' is already negative in sense, so 'did not hardly' is a double negative. 'Could hardly see' is the idiomatic and correct form. The option 'could not hardly' repeats the same fault.
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