Question

There is no penalty to pay except the penalty of being written down an ill-mannered fellow.

(Rewrite it using ‘only’)​

Answer 1

Explanation:

only the penalty of being written down on ill manarred fellow there is penalty to pay

Answer 2

The correct sentence is:- There is no penalty to pay but only the penalty of being written down an ill-mannered fellow.

• Here, in a given sentence, we have been instructed to rewrite the sentence with the word 'only' to be included in the sentence.
• Here in the given sentence, the word 'except' has been used which is the incorrect usage of the word in the sentence.
• Here, we have replaced the word 'except' with the word 'only', in the middle of the sentence.
• In the given sentence, it has been said that the person would be penalized not in monetary terms, but his penalty is that he would be considered as a bad-mannered person.
• Hence, the correct answer is:- There is no penalty to pay but only the penalty of being written down an ill-mannered fellow.