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Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error:

Solution

Correct Option: 2

The correlative structure is scarcely had/did...when, not scarcely...than. Segment 2 incorrectly uses than instead of when. The correct form would be nervous and tense when the train sped away.

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