Question

Pick the correct option:
(I) It is nothing else than pride.
(II) It is nothing else but pride.

• A. is correct but (II) is incorrect
• B. is incorrect but (II) is correct
• C. Both (I) & (II) are correct
• D. Both (I) & (II) are incorrect

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

To determine the correct sentence between the given options, it's important to understand the idiomatic usage of the phrases "nothing else than" and "nothing else but". The key difference lies in which phrase is commonly used in standard English and sounds correct.

1. Sentence (I): "It is nothing else than pride."
   • This construction is not considered idiomatic in standard English usage. The phrase "nothing else than" is grammatically questionable and rarely used in a standard context.
2. Sentence (II): "It is nothing else but pride."
   • This is the correct idiomatic form. The phrase "nothing else but" is commonly used to emphasize that only one thing accounts for something. It conforms to standard English usage.

Based on the analysis, the sentence in (II) is correctly constructed using standard idiomatic English, whereas the sentence in (I) is not. Therefore, the correct answer is that "is incorrect but (II) is correct".