Multiple choice

The underlined portion of the following question has some errors. Five options are given below. Choose the correct option to improve the sentence. This was he who arrived first in the meeting.

  1. No change needed.

  2. It was he who arrived in the meeting first.

  3. This was he who arrived in the meeting first.

  4. It was he who arrived first in the meeting.

  5. It was he who arrived first in meeting.
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D Correct answer
Explanation

'It' rectifies the error. To emphasize a noun or a pronoun, We use 'it' in such sentences as given here.

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