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In the following sentence, find the part that has an error. If there is no error, choose the last option.
(A) Hardly had the expedition reached the base camp / (B) when it started to snow / (C) heavily. / (D) No error
(A) Hardly had the expedition reached the base camp / (B) when it started to snow / (C) heavily. / (D) No error
- A. (A) Hardly had the expedition reached the base camp
- B. (B) when it started to snow
- C. (C) heavily.
- D. (D) No error
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Answer: (D) (D) No error
'Hardly had ... when' is the correct correlative pair, with inversion and past perfect in the first clause. The sentence is correct; 'than' would be the error, but it is not used here.
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