Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.
Seldom do we find so many birds nesting during this season.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer in option 1 i.e. No substitution required.
- The sentence is grammatically correct and requires no further changes.
- Seldom is sometimes put at the beginning of a sentence, followed by an auxiliary verb and the subject.
- Some adverbs (e.g. hardly, little, never, only, scarcely and seldom) have a negative meaning. When we use these at the beginning of the clause, we invert the subject and verb:
- Example : Seldom had I seen so many people out on the streets.
- Here, the 'present simple tense' form of the verb 'to do' will be used i.e. 'do'.
Hence, the sentence requires no improvement.