Instructions

In the following questions, a sentence/ part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold sentence/part of the sentence, which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case
no improvement is needed, your answer is No improvement.

Question 73

She could not help but laugh.

Solution

The given sentence is correct.

Here the sentence implies that she couldn't help but can't resist herself from laughing.

The 1st option but laughing -

Is incorrect here.in the given sentence,`help' is used as a noun so we have to use same form of the verb after but.

2nd Option-

Laughter - though it is a noun ,meaning is different.It means the sound of laughing.

3rd option laughing 

It is the present participle of `laugh'


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