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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


Team Careers360 16th Jan, 2024
Answer (1)
Team Careers360 22nd Jan, 2024

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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