Multiple choice

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

I hardly waited for the bus for ten minutes and boarded it the minute it came.

  1. I hardly waited for the bus for ten minutes

  2. I waited hardly for the bus for ten minutes

  3. I waited for the bus hardly for ten minutes

  4. I hardly awaited the bus for ten minutes

  5. I waited for the bus for hardly ten minutes

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E Correct answer
Explanation

The given option rectifies the error of modifier. 'Hardly' modifies the correct set of words 'ten minutes'. 'I waited for the bus for hardly ten minutes' means that I waited for as  little as ten minutes.