No sooner did he go in ______ he came out.
Difficulty: Medium
About this MCQ
This Medium English Mcqs question asks: No sooner did he go in ______ he came out. The correct choice is D. than. Read the options below, commit to one, then use the explanation to see why that choice holds and why the others do not.
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- A. then
Why not A: Why incorrect: “Then” is not used with the fixed structure “no sooner … than.”
- B. after
Why not B: Why incorrect: “After” does not form the standard correlative structure required here.
- C. and
Why not C: Why incorrect: “And” does not correctly complete the expression “no sooner … than.”
- D. than ✓
Correct answer
D. than
Explanation
than (option D) is the accepted answer to “No sooner did he go in ______ he came out.”. Option A (then) is wrong: Why incorrect: “Then” is not used with the fixed structure “no sooner … than.” Option B (after) is wrong: Why incorrect: “After” does not form the standard correlative structure required here. Option C (and) is wrong: Why incorrect: “And” does not correctly complete the expression “no sooner … than.” Keep than as the English Mcqs fact for this stem.
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Tags: English Grammar, Correlative Conjunctions, No Sooner Than, English MCQs
Relevant exams: Fpsc
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