Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the sentence in which the word given below has not been used correctly.

DOUBT

  1. The weather looks very doubtful.

  2. When I told him what had happened, he looked at me doubtfully.

  3. It’s scarcely doubtful she will recover completely.

  4. Her husband is a rather doubtful character

  5. The adverse outcome is beyond doubt.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

“Doubtful” (adj) in (1) is correct as it implies the uncertainty of the weather. “Doubtfully” (adj) in (2) is correct as it means to question, to disbelieve. “Scarcely” in (3) functions much like not or never and is regarded as making a sentence negative, hence shows the incorrect usage of “doubt”, and is also grammatically incorrect. Possibly dishonest or disreputable is the meaning of “doubtful character” in (4), which is correct. (5) means the outcome cannot be doubted. Hence, (3) is the answer.

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