English » Spotting Errors

The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

No sooner did / the child start crying / then the mother / hugged him.

A

No sooner did 

B

then the mother

C

the child start crying

D

hugged him

Solution

The error lies in the B part of the sentence 

then should be replaced by than 

 no sooner + than 

hardly/scarcely + when 

these are the correct pair to use and should be come together only.