Question : In the sentence, identify the segment that contains the grammatical error.
No sooner had the lockdown been announced when people began to do panic shopping.
Option 1: No sooner had
Option 2: the lockdown been announced
Option 3: when people began
Option 4: to do panic shopping
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Correct Answer: when people began
Solution : The error lies in the third option.
The conjunction when should be replaced with than to maintain grammatical accuracy. In the given sentence, the conjunction no sooner...than is a correlative conjunction pair commonly used to express a cause-and-effect relationship in a simultaneous or nearly simultaneous manner. When using no sooner, it is followed by than to introduce the resulting action.
Therefore, the correct sentence should be: "No sooner had the lockdown been announced than people began to panic shop."
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