Question : Select the most appropriate option to substitute the bracketed segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select 'no substitution required'.
(Hardly had I started mowing the lawn that) it started raining.
Option 1: No sooner did I started mowing the lawn than
Option 2: Hardly had I started mowing the lawn when
Option 3: No substitution required
Option 4: Hardly did I start mowing the lawn than
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Correct Answer: Hardly had I started mowing the lawn when
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
Explanation:
This is a case of correlative conjunctions, and the correct pair is hardly followed by when . Thus, hardly should always be followed by when as they are correlative conjunctions.
Therefore, the correct sentence is: Hardly had I started mowing the lawn when it started raining.
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