Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the option which is grammatically correct and the best version of the underlined part of the sentence.

A man who accuses everyone else besides himself of being mad and who is disposed to listen to a tale of peripatetic graveyard cannot hardly be quite sane.

  1. listen to a tale of peripatetic graveyard cannot hardly be quite sane.

  2. listening to a tale of peripatetic graveyard can hardly be quite sane.

  3. listen to a tale of peripatetic graveyard can hardly be quite sane.

  4. have listened to a tale of peripatetic graveyard cannot hardly be quite sane.

  5. listened to a tale of peripatetic graveyard can hardly be quite sane.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Correct; the verb is in correct form, and the double negative is also omitted.

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