Answer-The poor man’s son is working very hardly.

Q: Answer-The poor man&rsquo;s son is working very hardly.

Hardly means barely or scarcely, but the intended meaning is to describe effort, so hard is the correct adverb here. Therefore, the corrected sentence is The poor mans son is working very hard.

Question

The poor man’s son is working very hardly.

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the bold segment in the given sentence.

A No improvement Correct Incorrect

B was working very hardly Correct Incorrect

C is being worked hard Correct Incorrect

D is working very hard Correct Incorrect

Detailed Solution

"Hardly" means "barely" or "scarcely," but the intended meaning is to describe effort, so "hard" is the correct adverb here. Therefore, the corrected sentence is: The poor man’s son is working very hard.

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