Does scarcely take a when or before as a double conjunction pair? This is a question posted by Rajhansa Sridhara from the IIT-Powai batch.
As a double conjunction pair scarcely takes a when.But the usage with before is not incorrect.
eg. Scarcely had he reached the mountain top when/before it began to rain.
However the usage of scarcely with than is not acceptable in standard English usage.
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