26 votes 26 votes Which one of the parts (A, B, C, D) in the sentence contains an ERROR? No sooner had the doctor seen the results of the blood test, than he suggested the patient to see the specialist. no sooner had results of the blood test suggested the patient see the specialist Verbal Aptitude gate2012-ar verbal-aptitude english-grammar + – Akash Kanase asked Feb 15, 2016 • retagged Jun 23, 2017 by Arjun Akash Kanase 3.8k views answer comment Share Follow See all 2 Comments See all 2 2 Comments reply Manu Thakur commented Dec 13, 2017 reply Follow Share yep, problem is with "the specialist" it should have been "a specialist". 1 votes 1 votes Kuldeep Pal commented Jun 8, 2019 reply Follow Share https://www.englishgrammar.org/sooner-hardlywhen/ 0 votes 0 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.
Best answer 19 votes 19 votes Answer (D) see the specialist Who is the specialist here? Not clear- it must be one of the specialists for that particular disease. So, "to see a specialist" is correct. Rest all are fine in the sentence. "No sooner had- than" means the first part happened and the second part followed immediately. The first part uses past perfect tense and the second part uses simple past tense - which is as required. http://www.englishgrammar.org/rewrite-sooner/ Arjun answered May 5, 2016 • edited Jan 18, 2023 by shadymademe Arjun comment Share Follow See all 3 Comments See all 3 3 Comments reply Prateek kumar commented Sep 22, 2016 reply Follow Share yes, sir, only part D seems ambiguous it could have been " show it to the specialist " 0 votes 0 votes Daddy commented Feb 5, 2017 reply Follow Share it should be a specialist 0 votes 0 votes Akash Verma 1 commented Nov 15, 2017 reply Follow Share Thanks, I got it. 0 votes 0 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.
0 votes 0 votes C suggested the patient Sanjay Sharma answered Apr 23, 2016 Sanjay Sharma comment Share Follow See all 2 Comments See all 2 2 Comments reply Arjun commented May 5, 2016 reply Follow Share why? 0 votes 0 votes Puja Mishra commented Jan 5, 2018 reply Follow Share Y u think C is the answer ?? 0 votes 0 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.
0 votes 0 votes (A) No sooner will be replaced by as soon as srestha answered Apr 23, 2016 srestha comment Share Follow See all 13 Comments See all 13 13 Comments reply Show 10 previous comments rajan commented May 5, 2016 reply Follow Share am not sure bt ya u can be right . 0 votes 0 votes Arjun commented May 5, 2016 reply Follow Share No, it is about past. "No sooner- than " means as soon as the first thing happened the second thing happened (followed immediately). But I don't know if there is any exception here. Waiting for English experts.. 1 votes 1 votes srestha commented May 5, 2016 reply Follow Share Actually there is a difference b/w no sooner and as soon as but that is not relevant here no sooner immediately followed by a verb as soon as immediately followed by a noun http://www.englishgrammar.org/rewrite-sooner/ 0 votes 0 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.
0 votes 0 votes The answer should be option A. Also there is another error “than”. There should be nothing as comma”,” is already there. rish1602 answered May 19, 2021 rish1602 comment Share Follow See all 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.
