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 5 of 6.

Sravani said:   1 decade ago
Thank you everyone for clearing my doubt.

Kumar said:   1 decade ago
I am also asking why can't we use hardly.

Rohit said:   6 years ago
Why don't we use adverb form? Explain me.
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Neha said:   1 decade ago
Why we didn't use their instead of his?

Spity said:   1 decade ago
Why can't we use their instead of his?

Dravid_R said:   7 years ago
Thanks for the explanation @Vertika.

Ashish said:   8 years ago
Hardly is adverb and hard is verb.

Himanshu Pal said:   6 years ago
'hardly-won' is correct. Isn't it?

Alok said:   8 years ago
Hardly won means it wasn't won.

Maniratnam said:   1 decade ago
@ Vertika,thanks for the help.


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