Question

Out of the four underlined phrases marked (A), (B), (C) and (D), choose the phrase which is wrong or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. hardly had we (A) reached the station (b) than the (c) train started (d)

Answer 1

Answer:

Part (c) has an error.

Explanation:

The correct sentence should be :

Hardly had we reached the station when the train started.

Here there is a condition that the narrator was about to reach the station.

So, corresponding to the situation the word when tells the time of the happening of the situation.

To put it in simple words, the sentence tells us that when the train started the narrator had hardly reached the station.

When satisfies the given condition.

Also, the word than is always used to compare things & it cannot be used in this sentence as there is no comparison between two things in the given sentence.