Subject

    English Language

    Topic

    Common Mistakes

    Which of the following is acceptable in standard written English?

    ক)
    Seldom did I saw an awesome scenery
    খ)
    Seldom did I see such an awesome scenery
    গ)
    Seldom I saw such an awesome scenery
    ঘ)
    Seldom I have seen such an awesome scenery

    Explanation

    ♣ seldom=not often or rarely. ♣ Hardly ever, scarcely, rarely, seldom are frequency adverbs. We can use them to refer to things that almost never happen or do not happen very often. They have a negative meaning. ✔We usually put these adverbs in mid position, between the subject and main verb, after the modal verb or first auxiliary verb or after main verb be. In more formal style we put them in front position and invert the subject and verb. If there is no auxiliary or modal verb we use do/does/did

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