Verbal Ability - Spotting Errors - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Spotting Errors - Section 1 (Q.No. 20)
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).


20.

(solve as per the direction given above)

No sooner did I open the door
when the rain, heavy and stormy, rushed in
making us shiver from head to foot
No error.
Answer: Option
Explanation:
than the rain, heavy and stormy, rushed in
Discussion:
66 comments Page 1 of 7.

Anand kumar said:   2 weeks ago
when the sentence start with "No sooner".

Then we first checked the 'inversion' (which means 'verb comes before the subject' ). After we checked the 'conjunction' "than".

Either - or
Neither - not
Not - nor
Not only - but also

Monika said:   4 months ago
No sooner had I opened the door than the rain, heavy and stormy, rushed in, making us shiver from head to foot.

I think “No sooner” is used with “than” rather than “when”.

Correct me I f I am wrong.
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Vaidehi Gupta said:   2 years ago
I think the first part (A) has error here.
The correct sentence is;

No sooner had I opened the door when the rain heavy and stormy rushed in making us shiver from head to foot.
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Bharat said:   2 years ago
@Chalam.

1. Always use That with so.

2. Always use When with Hardly/barely/scarcely/Rarely.

3. Always use to with too.

4. Always use a positive degree of adjective between as and as, Like use as tall as, it is incorrect when you use as better as use as good as.

5. Always use than with other/Rather.

6. Always use yet with Although/Though.
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Sushma said:   3 years ago
These are some idioms of English.

Eg if you are using "not only" in a sentence then there must be " but also" in that sentence. Same way " no sooner". "than" etc etc.

Not only.... but also
Scarcely.....when
Both ..... and
Hardly ..... when. etc.
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Niyati. said:   3 years ago
I think it should be 'Then' instead of 'Than', because 'than' is making the whole sentence weird. 'than' we use for comparison.
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Ravi said:   4 years ago
Can we use "No sooner then I opened the door" instead of "No sooner did I open the door"?
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Rupam Medhi said:   4 years ago
Yes, Head to toe would have been more appropriate.
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Tuhumwire Diana said:   5 years ago
I think both A and B are wrong because it's supposed to be no sooner had. Then it's past participle.
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Ismail said:   5 years ago
Thanks @Umair Khan.


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