Question

Choose the option that best corrects the sentence at the underlined point:

We seldom or ever witness a hurricane in this city.

• A. never
• B. or never
• C. or else
• D. NO CHANGE

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

or never

Seldom is an adverb of frequency that means 'rarely', 'never' is also an adverb of frequency that means 'not ever'. The underlined word 'ever' needs to be replaced by 'never', as 'seldom' and 'never' mean similar and they can be options in this sentence, "We seldom or never", hence option B is correct and option D is incorrect. Option A is incorrect because 'or' is crucial to the phrase as 'seldom never' does not have any meaning. Option C is incorrect because 'or else' is not relevant in this sentence here, 'or else' is a conditional phrase.