Multiple choice

Directions: A sentence has been divided into four parts and numbered (1) to (4). Identify the part with an error and mark that as your answer.

  1. I

  2. cannot

  3. hardly read

  4. the letter.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Correct word to be used here is 'can'. ‘Hardly’ conveys a negative meaning, and if we use it with ‘cannot’, we are making the mistake of using a double negative. So sentence is- 'I can hardly read the letter'. 'Hardly conveys that the letter can be read with difficulty/only just. If we remove hardly it will convey the meaning that the speaker cannot read the letter which changes the meaning of the sentence.

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