WAEC English Language 2020 Objective — Question 48
Question 48 of 80 from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) English Language 2020 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.
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Something must be wrong with the school driver, he is ______ today.
- A. rather driving carelesslyCorrect
- B. carelessly driving rather
- C. driving rather carelessly
- D. rather carelessly driving
Explanation
The sentence should read '... he is rather driving carelessly'. Note that both rather and carelessly are adverbials qualifying driving; it is grammatically wrong to use these two consecutively (together) either before or after the verb driving.
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