Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'.
It kept getting darker and darker, / and we could rarely see / the ball anymore.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. and we could rarely see.
- The error is related to the use of an incorrect adverb.
- The sentence implies that it was difficult to see anything in the darkness.
- "Rarely" means infrequently or seldom, which doesn't fit well with the context of visibility.
- "Hardly" means barely or scarcely, which is more appropriate for describing the difficulty.
- The corrected sentence should be: It kept getting darker and darker, and we could hardly see the ball anymore.