Verbal Ability - Spotting Errors - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Spotting Errors - Section 1 (Q.No. 19)
Directions to Solve

Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).


19.

(solve as per the direction given above)

It is the duty of every citizen to do his utmost
to defend the hardly-won
freedom of the country.
No error.
Answer: Option
Explanation:
to defend the hard-won
Discussion:
56 comments Page 1 of 6.

Udita said:   3 months ago
Option A also can be wrong in that it says every citizen must do his utmost. Instead of "to do his utmost" it is "to do their utmost".
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Janesh said:   11 months ago
Why can't we use hardly? Please explain me.
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Kamson🇺🇬 said:   3 years ago
It should have been their instead of his because not every citizen is male.
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Aish said:   3 years ago
Even A is wrong, because his should not come.
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Naveen said:   4 years ago
Hard is used in the phrase Working Hard to indicate that a person is working a lot. In this case, "hard" is an adverb that tells us that the person working is focused and doing a good job. Hardly Working indicates that the person is doing almost nothing! "Hardly" is used as an adverb to mean almost not at all. Hope you got it.
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Ramita Ruhil said:   5 years ago
Hard won is used for freedom which is a noun so we can't use an adverb there. Hardly is clearly an adverb.
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Rohit said:   5 years ago
Why don't we use adverb form? Explain me.
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Himanshu Pal said:   6 years ago
'hardly-won' is correct. Isn't it?

Nandhini said:   6 years ago
I can't understand this. Please, anyone explain me.
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Raja said:   6 years ago
By the way, Instead of his we can use their.


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