Verbal Ability - Spotting Errors - Discussion

Both had and did can be used after no sooner, the used of the following word depends upon the tense of the words used, later in the sentence.

E. G here "did" is used because we have here "making us shiver. ".

I. E. Shivering is still happening. Post effects of the events are still visible.

In the sentence, but in e. G. Like "No sooner had the company launched a new product than it went bankrupt", "had" is used because of "went bankrupt" where you are not able to see any continuous form of post effects by the statement.

If I say in a simple way then the sentence would be I did open the door no sooner means "I opened the door slowly ".

Even when they opened the door carefully heavy rain came in shivered us head to foot in place of opened sentence did open which also shows action happened in past tense.

Here no sooner did maybe shows xpression because I seen this kind of example in direct speech eg she said,"doesn't this flower smell beautiful!".

No sooner had I opened the door when the rain, heavy and stormy, rushed in --- is wrong
No sooner had I opened the door than the rain, heavy and stormy, rushed in ---- is the right
reason : No sooner is used to show that one thing happens immediately after another thing. It is often used with the past perfect and usually followed by than.

Eg : [event 1] They had no sooner arrived than [event 2] they were arguing.

@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.

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.

Why we used "than" while we know than is used only for comparison. In this sentence, there is no comparison.

If we use "Then" then it would be better because it is used for whats comes next. Like As sooner did I open the door then the rain the heavy and stormy rushed in?

It is not necessarily a past perfect tense @Swapnil. The sentence can be framed as " No sooner I opened the door than the rain, heavy and stormy, rushed in making us shiver from head to foot. " Or it can said the way it is given in the question.

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

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.

The sentence is in PAST PERFECT tense. So, the correct sentence will be : No sooner had I opened the door than the rain, heavy and stormy, rushed in making us shiver from head to foot.