No sooner did the bell ring,when the children rushed out(spot the error)
Answers
The mistake in the sentence ‘No sooner did the bell ring, when the children rushed out’ is the word ‘when’.
The correct sentence should be written as given below:
No sooner did the bell ring than the children rushed out.
Explanation
No sooner….than…is an idiomatic expression which means something happens immediately after something else. We have to use this expression together. it means whenever we use ‘no sooner’, we will always have to use ‘than’ with it.
The error in the above sentence is the improper use of conjunction through the word 'when.'
Conjunction is a part of speech which acts as a connector for phrases, words or clauses in a sentence. A certain relationship is established by linking the words or phrases together. Further, it connects the thoughts that are needed to be conveyed.
When we use the conjunction 'no sooner' which introduces the action occurred first, is placed with 'than'. 'Than' is placed with the second action which occurs after the first action immediately.
Hence, when rewritten it would be:
No sooner did the bell ring, than the children rushed out