Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
My mom made her muffins, but she didn’t eat none.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3, i.e. “she didn’t eat any”.
The original sentence is: “My mom made her muffins, but she didn’t eat none.”
This contains a double negative (“didn’t” + “none”), which isn’t acceptable in standard English since it creates confusion and cancels out the intended negative meaning.
To fix it, we need only one negative word. The correct structure uses “didn’t eat any” instead of “didn’t eat none.”
Why the other options are incorrect:
“she did ate many” – Incorrect verb form (“did ate”) and changes meaning to a positive statement.
“she didn’t ate any” – Wrong verb form (“didn’t ate” instead of “didn’t eat”).
“she did eat none” – While grammatically correct, it’s unnatural and wordy compared to the concise “didn’t eat any.”