Discussion
Look at the underlined part of the sentence below with three possible replacements for the underlined part given. If one of them (a), (b) or (c) is better than the underlined part, indicate your response against the corresponding letter. If none of these substitutions improve the sentence, choose (d) as your response.
Not a word did they speak to the others about the sad turn of events.
Answer: D
No improvement is needed.
Not a word is a negative expression fronted for emphasis, and a fronted negative requires inversion of subject and auxiliary - did they speak. The versions offered undo that inversion.
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