Question
Identify the erroneous part of the sentence.
Hardly had we reached the hotel / when the rain / had started / very heavily.Solution
With “Hardly had… when…,” the second clause should generally use the simple past tense, not past perfect. “had started” should be changed to “started.” So the correct sentence will be: - “Hardly had we reached the hotel when the rain started very heavily.”
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