In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error No sooner he had left the ...........

English (CPO) Error correction

In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.

No sooner he had left the house than there was a phone call for him.

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SSC CPO 13th-March-2019-Shift-2

than there was

for him

No sooner

he had left

Let’s break down each option:

- Option 1: "than there was"

This phrase is fine. It follows the "No sooner... than..." structure correctly.

- Option 2: "for him"

No problem here. It clearly just says who the phone call was for.

- Option 3: "No sooner"

The sentence is using the right idiomatic pair: "No sooner...than...". But, there’s a catch—this phrase needs inversion at the start of the sentence.

- Option 4: "he had left"

This is where things go off. After "No sooner," we need inversion—so it should be "had he left" not "he had left."

Option 4 is the correct answer!

The sentence should read: "No sooner had he left the house than there was a phone call for him."

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