Find the grammatically correct sentence from below options.
Answer
The correct answer is C: Scarcely had he arrived when the meeting started.. With negative adverbs like 'scarcely,' subject-auxiliary inversion is required, and 'scarcely...when' is the correct correlative pairing, making option A the only grammatically correct sentence.
A.Scarcely he had arrived than the meeting started.
B.Scarcely he arrived when the meeting started.
C.Scarcely had he arrived when the meeting started.✓ Correct
D.Scarcely had he arrived than the meeting started.
Explanation
With negative adverbs like 'scarcely,' subject-auxiliary inversion is required, and 'scarcely...when' is the correct correlative pairing, making option A the only grammatically correct sentence.
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