Question

Choose the correct sentence from Following so as to get rid of the Adverb ‘too'.

It is never too late to mend.

It is ______.

1. better to late mend than never
2. better to mend than to mend never
3. better to mend than never
4. never so late that one cannot mend

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : never so late that one cannot mend

The correct answer is 'never so late that one cannot mend'.

• An adverb is a word that can modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. 
  • For eg.- He ran very fast.
• 'Too' is used to denote 'to a higher degree than is desirable, permissible, or possible or excessively'.
  • For eg.- He is too lazy.
• 'So' is used to denote 'to such a great extent or extremely'.
  • For eg.- He is so lazy.
• We can use 'so' to get rid of 'too'.

The complete sentence will be: It is never so late that one cannot mend.

• Hence, option 4 is the correct answer

 

• 'One' is used to refer to the speaker, or any person, as representing people in general.
  • For eg.- One must admire him for his grit.