Multiple choice

Directions: Give the appropriate replacement for the underlined word(s) in the given sentence to make it grammatically correct. If no improvement is needed, mark (4) as the answer.

Old habits die hardly.

  1. die hard

  2. die more hard

  3. die much hard

  4. No improvement needed
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Error of idiomatic usage. The sentence implies that 'old habits end with great difficulty'. Adverb 'hardly' needs to be changed to 'hard'. 

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