The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
The woodcutter felled / some trees / with hardly / many effort at all.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. many effort at all.
- To make the sentence correct 'many' should be replaced with 'any'.
- The use of 'many' with 'hardly' is incorrect.
- Correct phrase that will be used is 'hardly any' which means almost none.
- Example: They sold hardly any books.
Correct sentence : "The woodcutter felled some trees with hardly any effort at all."