Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank in the given sentence:
There were no _______ than five thousand people at the lavish wedding! It truly was a vulgar display of wealth in times of rising inflation and drought.
Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank in the given sentence:
There were no _______ than five thousand people at the lavish wedding! It truly was a vulgar display of wealth in times of rising inflation and drought.
Solution
✅ Correct Option: 1
The phrase "no less than five thousand people" is commonly used to mean "as many as five thousand people" and emphasizes the large number. Therefore, NTA accepts "less" here, making Option 1 correct.
Note: Because "people" are countable, "no fewer than five thousand people" is also grammatically standard. NTA's official key uses Option 1.
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