2014 · Q7
Each question in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your answer in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e. (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your answer should be indicated as (d).
Hardly I had left home for Bombay when my son who is settled in Calcutta arrived without any prior information.
EnglishSpotting Errors
- AHardly I had left home for Bombay
- Bwhen my son who is settled in Calcutta arrived
- Cwithout any prior information.
- DNo error
Explanation
A fronted negative adverb needs inversion: 'Hardly had I left'.