Discussion
Out of the following four sentences, select the most suitable sentence with respect to grammar and usage.
Answer: D
The correct sentence is I will not leave the place until the minister meets me.
'Until' already carries the sense of 'up to the time when something happens', so it takes a positive clause: I will stay until the minister meets me. Adding 'not' ('until the minister does not meet me' or 'doesn't meet me') creates a double negative that says the opposite of what is meant, a common error in Indian English.
'Until the minister meet me' has the right meaning but breaks subject-verb agreement: the singular subject 'the minister' needs 'meets' in the simple present.
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