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Zorluk: OrtaConjunctions and Clause Structure

Complete the sentence below by supplying the correct subordinating conjunction that completes the correlative clause structure.

Cevap:Scarcely had the minister completed his opening address at the parliamentary summit 【when】 the opposition members raised points of order regarding procedural irregularities.

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The correct conjunction to introduce the time clause following 'Scarcely had...' is 'when' (or 'before').
When a sentence begins with the restrictive adverb 'Scarcely' (or 'Hardly'), standard English clause structure requires subject-verb inversion in the main clause and the subordinating conjunction 'when' or 'before' to introduce the introducing time clause.

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1
Analyze the main clause structure and initial adverbial element
The sentence begins with the restrictive adverb 'Scarcely' followed by subject-auxiliary inversion ('had the minister completed').
In formal English syntax, fronted negative or restrictive adverbs mandate subject-auxiliary inversion in the main clause.
2
Identify the required correlative conjunction pair
The introductory restrictive word 'Scarcely' forms a correlative pair strictly with 'when' or 'before' to connect the subsequent dependent clause.
Using 'than' is ungrammatical here, as 'than' correlates exclusively with 'No sooner'.

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