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Difficulty: MediumConjunctions and Clause Structure

Complete the sentence by filling in the blank with the appropriate conjunction to ensure correct correlative clause structure.

Answer:No sooner had the principal announced the new disciplinary policy 【than】 a group of students organized a peaceful protest.

Answer

The correct conjunction to fill the blank is 'than'.
The introductory structure 'No sooner had...' introduces a negative inversion requiring the correlative subordinating conjunction 'than' to connect the main clause. The paired structure 'no sooner... than' expresses immediate sequential actions.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the initial correlative adverbial marker in the sentence.
The sentence begins with the negative inverted expression 'No sooner had'.
Negative adverbial expressions at the beginning of a clause trigger subject-auxiliary inversion and require specific correlative pairing.
2
Determine the mandatory correlative conjunction partner for 'no sooner'.
The rule of correlative conjunctions dictates that 'no sooner' must strictly pair with 'than'.
'No sooner... than' is a fixed structure used to indicate that one action happened immediately after another.

Key Concept

Correlative Conjunctions and Negative Inversion
Estimated Time:45s
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Conjunctions and Clause Structure

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